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increase 1776
Senior Member
Oregon
456 posts, Oct 2000
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posted 05-15-2004 10:48 AM
  
THE POINT OF NO RETURN
Dictators do not appear overnight. They must gradually assume more and more power over time so that the population does not realize what is going on, or does not feel it is worthwhile to object.
But to maintain control, dictators "seduce" their population into greater and greater atrocities, over time. There is more than simply acclimating the population involved to the dictator's agenda. By tricking the population into acceptance of greater and greater atrocities, the dictator will eventually reach a position where the people will be too afraid to examine what they themselves have become. Trapped by the fear of examining themselves, such people turn into the most fanatical of the dictator's supporters. They dare not look at the dictator's evil for to do so is to look at their own. Once the dictator can trick his people past that point, they are his slaves. Hitler used this tactic. So did Stalin. The people of the United States stand at that point right now. That the US Government is using torture on POWs (just as Hitler did) is beyond argument. One can either stand up and denounce that torture and demand the firing of all who took part in it (and the end of the war), or one is by default complicit, an accessory after the fact, seen by all to condone such barbarism. Anyone who steps across that line is trapped. Unable to look at what they themselves have become they will refuse to look at what the government has become, indeed will create or accept any justification, no matter how thin and transparent, rather than question that government. And indeed this web site gets email from people who have already crossed that point, and are trying to explain why torture is really necessary "this time".
So, you are down to a choice. There is no more being neutral, or sitting on the fence. As Bush himself said, you are either with him or against him, and unless you are actively against him and his war machine, then he wins by default. Unless you stop them now, sooner or later, Bush and the NeoCons will succeed in turning this nation into the 21st century version of Nazi Germany, powered by fanatics so afraid to look in a mirror that they will inflict any pain on any people, rather than do so.
Time to decide.
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swamp gas
Senior Member
Jersey City
102 posts, Jun 2001
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posted 05-15-2004 02:31 PM
I say this everyday, we are at a Tipping Point, and it is a waste of time trying to convince people who are already too far gone,The fence walkers are what both sides want. The person who says something is wrong with the Berg video, but still say Bush is doiing the right thing. Watch for contradictions in people's logic. That will be the fence walker. The person already on the 5th Reich's side will try and ridicule you, and put you in a class, such as Liberal or Hippie or the like. If you are a Libertarian Right-leaner, they will call you a Conspiracy Theorist. The one good thing they did do was to unite the Militia, Cyberpunks, Hippies, Libertarians, Constitutionalists, Union organizers, Animal Rights Activists, Environmentalists, Gun Owners, Antiwar Activists, Socialists, Cosmic Christians, Pagans, NWO fighters, and any other socially conscious people. There is a Light at the End of The Tunnel!
[Edited 1 times, lastly by swamp gas on 05-15-2004]
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increase 1776
Senior Member
Oregon
456 posts, Oct 2000
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posted 05-15-2004 05:46 PM
If you add up all those individual groups,I think we have a majority.
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swamp gas
Senior Member
Jersey City
102 posts, Jun 2001
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posted 05-15-2004 09:13 PM
We have always been the majority!
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