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JR · 03-01-2003

i think PD, its important that i point out that i dont see these things as "partisan issues". most do. i think that most of us automatically assume a person has a position since we all seem to be familiar enough with each other and the history of everyones debates, arguments or in most cases, online therapy to make that assumption.

as i have said in the past, i believe in the system of government that we have. i trust the system. I dont trust George Bush or Bill Clinton. I trust in the system of checks and balances in government. I trust in legislation that has made its way through the House and Senate and past the President, because that is the system we have and it has proven to be very effective. i also know that believing that, means that i have to accept a lot that i dont like. i do. I know that even though i may not like some particular piece of legislation, it still requires a majority opinion to change it so if i am going to stand by the principles of democracy, i have to either accept it, or fight to change popular opinion. life for me is too short to spend my time worrying or fearing my own government. i will leave the country forever, before i will live in fear of it.

i will be dead in 50 years. i would prefer to spend that time with my wife... happy, smiling and waiting. in the end, nothing else will matter. the world will not remember me, the sun will burn out, the galaxy will implode and the very existence this planet will have been nothing more than a happy coincidence of what amounts to less than a microsecond on the cosmic timeline. its only ego and insecurity that makes us feel like our existence is any more significant than it is.

in my opinion, abuses or alleged abuses in the past of the FBI, CIA, J Edgar Hoover or anyone else also has to be looked at in its proper perspective... that being that when those policies and laws became unpopular with the majority of people, they were changed as well.

our government is not perfect. no government can be. no political decision can be 100% popular in a country generally divided into two halves politically. Government is one of our greatest necessary evils.

03-01-2003	#12
JR Members The global leader in pay-per-view AEBN Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: in my chair Posts: 3,320	i think PD, its important that i point out that i dont see these things as "partisan issues". most do. i think that most of us automatically assume a person has a position since we all seem to be familiar enough with each other and the history of everyones debates, arguments or in most cases, online therapy to make that assumption. as i have said in the past, i believe in the system of government that we have. i trust the system. I dont trust George Bush or Bill Clinton. I trust in the system of checks and balances in government. I trust in legislation that has made its way through the House and Senate and past the President, because that is the system we have and it has proven to be very effective. i also know that believing that, means that i have to accept a lot that i dont like. i do. I know that even though i may not like some particular piece of legislation, it still requires a majority opinion to change it so if i am going to stand by the principles of democracy, i have to either accept it, or fight to change popular opinion. life for me is too short to spend my time worrying or fearing my own government. i will leave the country forever, before i will live in fear of it. i will be dead in 50 years. i would prefer to spend that time with my wife... happy, smiling and waiting. in the end, nothing else will matter. the world will not remember me, the sun will burn out, the galaxy will implode and the very existence this planet will have been nothing more than a happy coincidence of what amounts to less than a microsecond on the cosmic timeline. its only ego and insecurity that makes us feel like our existence is any more significant than it is. in my opinion, abuses or alleged abuses in the past of the FBI, CIA, J Edgar Hoover or anyone else also has to be looked at in its proper perspective... that being that when those policies and laws became unpopular with the majority of people, they were changed as well. our government is not perfect. no government can be. no political decision can be 100% popular in a country generally divided into two halves politically. Government is one of our greatest necessary evils. __________________