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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (38073)	11/21/2001 1:00:48 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

Well, then there is a bit of serendipity......

To: E who wrote (38073)	11/21/2001 1:01:12 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Why on Earth would anyone be reporting you to Jeff? For the crime of publishing your version of the truth? (which seems to be very well documented and organized, btw)

To: E who wrote (38073)	11/21/2001 1:12:32 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 82486

By the way, I think I can answer why Christopher objected to the editorial that was posted. The substantive point, about freedom of dissent, is platitudinous. What is bothersome is taking to task those who exercise their freedom to respond to the dissenters, or call for solidarity in a time of crisis, or who, in view of the matters at stake, get mad at those who slam the United States or the Administration at this time, and especially closer to the critical events. There is a sense of disloyalty about all of the moral equivalency talk, or defeatism, or nitpicking of the Administration that does not sit well with most people. To turn around and question their patriotism because they sometimes lose their temper seems perverse.......