Posted by J.Brown on March 21, 2003, at 19:44:34
In reply to Re: More US citizens taken prisoners of war than Iraqi, posted by fayeroe on March 21, 2003, at 8:53:50
Advice such as that in "The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense" suggests a person expose hidden messages veiled in anothers statement. The arbritrary political/cultural control exercised over this discussion prevents such honesty, to the disadvantage of community mental health.
Conclusions that might be derived from the paragraph you cite might include:
* I prefer change in this country.
* I prefer a different order in this country, but am willing to live without realizing my preference.
* I recognize that residents of other places tend to find unique value in their own situation.
However, nothing in my post even slightly suggests that I would rather live somewhere else. One might more easily assume from the post that I am prepared to die to defend, restore or establish freedom and justice in this country, or that I would sacrifice my life to intervene in illegal actions against other nations.
I just heard a commentator on CNN say Bush might want to be careful where he travels because he might be arrested in some countries for ordering the assasination of a political leader, which some western-aligned nations consider a violation of international law.
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