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Originally Posted by DJ Happy
If the government is misleading the public, shouldn't something be done about it? If the people who know the truth say nothing while the government spins us a lie, why shouldn't they say something? Surely the "Evil flourishes when good men do nothing" line that was used by some to justify the war applies here too?
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It is not the job of some minion in the CIA to decide who is and who is not beling misled. If you given them the power to be "good men" then they also have the power to be bad guys and push their un-elected agenda, which seems decidely undemocratic.