This is scarry, Rubicon comes to mind

tekla · December 01, 2008, 02:20:00 PM

Read the following three articles, and then comment.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217_pf.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27989275/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/30/AR2008113002217_pf.html

NicholeW. · December 01, 2008, 07:03:13 PM

Actually, yes. It does. But this has been building for fifty years. Fear, fear, fear and pretty soon you'll need troops to protect everyone from their fears.

Enforcing a certain conformity not being a fear at all.

Nichole

tekla · December 01, 2008, 07:12:52 PM

I always thought, in my more paranoid moments, that the goal of the war on terror, was always to bring the war home.

Kaitlyn · December 01, 2008, 07:24:27 PM

Alea iacta est

tekla · December 01, 2008, 07:27:35 PM

I fear for that.

Mina_Frostfall · December 01, 2008, 08:40:44 PM

QuoteAlea iacta est

Oh, now I get it. By Rubicon, you mean like the Rubicon River, with Gaius Julius Caesar. I have no idea how I missed that.

(Edit: Now that I think about, it sounds like I'm talking about a movie!

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lisagurl · December 01, 2008, 09:16:49 PM

If they blow up the U.S. then they have no customers for their drugs and oil. Even terrorists need their enemy. We should have no fear we are getting rid of Bush.

Purple Pimp · December 01, 2008, 09:57:38 PM

All democracies have to end, eventually...

Lia

Fox · December 01, 2008, 10:26:53 PM

The rubicon is an all to well fitting analogy. The fear level in this country has been continuing to rise for quite a while now

Kaitlyn · December 02, 2008, 09:23:52 PM

Quote from: Purple Pimp on December 01, 2008, 09:57:38 PM
All democracies have to end, eventually...

Lia

Let's put it to a vote.

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This is scarry, Rubicon comes to mind

tekla

NicholeW.

tekla

Kaitlyn

tekla

Mina_Frostfall

lisagurl

Purple Pimp

Fox

Kaitlyn