Madness

[borlandia]

Two Mormons just came to the door.

I told them I was Catholic and they immediately left.

In other thoughts, I'm real sick of the "Support the Troops" thing on every TV channel every 5 seconds. "Fighting for my freedom". This can be interpreted many ways. In my opinion, what's going on in Iraq doesn't help me in any way, shape or form. "We need to remember they're not as privileged". They chose to enlist. I don't need a fucking reminder every minute.

So yeah, for those who don't know yet? I'm not a fan of the war. Call me Libertarian or whatever, but there's too many damn problems here to be worried about some other country's issues unless it's a severe threat to America directly or threatens mass genocide or something that's an obvious atrocity. "Support the troops". How about "feed the homeless"? "Employ the poor"? "Cure cancer"? Saddam Hussein had been in power for a long, long time. Now suddenly you get the green light to take him out and occupy the country against their will for as long as you feel like it? Get real.

So keep showing "support the troops". I'll proceed to giggle to myself as my stomach turns.

Comments

[mrjorden.livejournal.com]

You ever see that South Park where they just totally bash Mormons?

[volsgirl.livejournal.com]

Don't giggle so much you make yourself sick, please.

[layla.livejournal.com]

I agree with the "fighting for my freedom" thing. How the hell are troops fighting for MY freedom when I was protesting so they wouldn't have to go to war in the first place? However, I think it is sometimes necessary to interfere in the affairs of other countries. And I'm not saying this to be argumentative, and I know that you're a history buff so if I'm completely wrong you can let me know..but if Americans didn't interfere in German affairs, they wouldn't have ended the Holocaust,right? I mean, I don't think it's America's job to police the world, but I think it is sometimes de rigueur to interfere in the affairs of other countries. The genocide in Sudan, for instance. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people are dying and-correct me if I'm wrong-America isn't doing anything to stop it. While it's not a threat to America at all, I do believe it's necessary for us to do something about it. But hey, that's only my opinion.

[sinsterminister.livejournal.com]

Good point re: Sudan. It's difficult to intervene there because of the politics between the two sides from a world view, but something certainly must be done there, and as far as I know, only a couple countries have done anything at all to alleviate the situation there.

Whether America's intervention in the war "stopped" the Holocaust is questionable. America's contribution in both world wars is (relatively) limited. It certainly made it quicker, no doubt.