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   churchillwasright said, 11 months ago

   One will go to a parade and then to a barbeque. The other will plot to blow up a bridge. Can you spot who is who?
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   ruff said, 11 months ago

   @churchillwasright

   Comment of a sick mind about a toon of two sick minds.
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   flake-67121 said, 11 months ago

   sick minds all around and no hope in sight
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   1opinion said, 11 months ago

   @churchillwasright

   the rightwing militia?
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   braindead08 said, 11 months ago

   Everybody’s a patriot. Especially those who pay 13% of their total income. All nice ‘n’ legal.
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   MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago

   Erm… OWS is rebellious, right? So they have more in common with the founding father then the guys going to the Koch-brothers rallies, right? Having a gun doesn’t make you a patriot. If I remember my history classes correctly the American revolution came about because of unfair fiscal treatment by rich people (back in England). So, in a way, OWS is the new Revolutionary Army, only without the guns, a leader, a goal or a chance in heck. But at least they protest the actual cause of the problems, not some bogeyman…
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   Eryx said, 11 months ago

   @MortyForTyrant

   Your knowledge of our history is better than that of most of our conservatives.
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   mikefive said, 11 months ago

   @MortyForTyrant

   I’m not entirely in agreement with you on this, Monty, in the sense that you present the OWS as protesting the cause of the problem. In the protest movements of the tea party and OWS ( and other protests ) I think they protest the symptoms of a problem as the problem. The symptoms make an easily perceived point of focus to rally ‘round and pontificate on. Quite often the problem per se remains unidentified and time, money, personnel, and effort are squandered on symptoms with little to no effect. It’s a typical human reaction to want to do something, anything (even if it’s wrong).
   ¶
   Of course, finding all of the symptoms is an ignoble process and finding the solution to the problem can be drudgery, but that “eureka” moment can be well worth it. The real bummer is to find out that your solution can’t be realistically implemented.
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   Eryx said, 11 months ago

   @mikefive

   Good post.
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    Atma said, 11 months ago

    Why damn the darkness when the solution is to just turn on the light? Of course, if you’ve lived in darkness all your life, you haven’t any idea what light is, but that doesn’t make it unreal, just unrealized. The solution to all the problems in the world is to just unleash the creative potential of people and they will naturally solve everything. Unfortunately, the best means to unlock creativity is often vilified as “evil” by some very uncreative narrow-minded darkness-loving people, but it’s starting to happen anyway.
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    mikefive said, 11 months ago

    @Atma

    To paraphrase B. F. Skinner. By the time you find the solution to a problem a bunch of other problems have popped up.
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    piobaire said, 11 months ago

    @mikefive

    I think both Monty and you, Mikefive, are making good points. It heartens me to see real thinking and good will in these posts.
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    piobaire said, 11 months ago

    @Atma

    Well said, Atma
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    piobaire said, 11 months ago

    @MortyForTyrant

    I largely agree with your post, Monty, and I like the way you express yourself. I would comment that the main problem seems to have been, from my studies, two fold. First, more taxes levied on colonists, in comparison with their siblings and cousins back in England, and second, no representation in Parliament.
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    Radish said, 11 months ago

    @Atma

    There is a battle between those who want to enslave us and those who want to live freely but most people don’t see it.
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