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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (194119)	10/21/2001 1:10:50 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

'Patriotism' Part Two of Two: The beginning has already been made in the schools. evidently the government holds to the Jesuitical conception, "Give me the child mind, and I will mold the man." Children are trained in military tactics, the glory of military achievements extolled in the curriculum, and the youthful minds perverted to suit the government. Further, the youth of the country is appealed to in glaring posters to join the army and navy. "A fine chance to see the world 1" cries the governmental huckster.- Thus innocent boys are morally shanghaied into patriotism, and the military Moloch strides conquering through the Nation. The American workingman has suffered so much at the hands of the soldier, State and Federal, that he is quite justified in his disgust with, and his opposition to, the uniformed parasite. However, mere denunciation will not solve this great problem. What we need is a propaganda of education for the soldier: antipatriotic literature that will enlighten him as to the real horrors of his trade, and that will awaken his consciousness to his true relation to the man to whose labor he owes his very existence. It is precisely this that the authorities fear most. It is already high treason for a soldier to attend a radical meeting. No doubt they will also stamp it high treason for a soldier to read a radical pamphlet. But, then, has not authority from time immemorial stamped every step of progress as treasonable? Those, however, who earnestly strive for social reconstruction can well afford to face all that; for it is probably even more important to carry the truth into the barracks than into the factory. When we have undermined the patriotic lie, we shall have cleared the path for that great structure wherein all nationalities shall be united into a universal brotherhood -- a truly free society.

To: bonnuss_in_austin who wrote (194119)	10/21/2001 1:19:49 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Well if you don't know the difference between Americans and folks from other countries and argue based upon what goes on in other places where folks left to come here I'd say you do have misguided understanding of what being an American is. Our President is doing what is required to find and destroy the enemies that have murdered our fellow citizens and will if not destroyed murder as many as the can. These evil doers cannot figure out how to build anything to make the life of their people better. They only know how to hate and destroy. This wicked disease has festered to long and has grown to be a dangerous infection. The disease must be eradicated. Our President has called for the eradication of the disease by the most focused methods and America will make all attempts to not harm innocent bystanders. tom watson tosiwmee