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pan6467 · 10-05-2005, 06:30 PM

Unless you have 1000's upon 1000's dying in the streets and a plague like atmosphere the government has no right whatsoever to lay down Martial Law.

This is an excuse to lay it down, and there are so many factors that would need to be made public before I would ever consider supporting it.

- What are the criteria that have to be met in order for it to be called?
- Is it just infected areas or would the whole nation be under Martial Law?
- How long would it last?
- What would the "Martial Law" entail?

Doesn't surprise me Bush would do this, it's power baby all about the power, when I see things like this I truly worry about '08 and '09 and him leaving office. This type of action makes me think he has no intentions of it and is setting the groundwork for declaring an emergency of some type and staying in office.

I am on the frontlines, as many addicts are not exactly the healthiest, cleanest or disease free people, so I see a lot of communicable diseases come through.

Declaring Martial Law what would that do? I mean would the gov't prevent us from shopping or to go anywhere but they would still have to work but where if noone is allowed to shop?

Sounds to me like we are taking the easy way out, what we should be doing is working on a cure or vaccine and getting it knocked out like other diseases in our past.

Instead it seems our pharmaceutical companies are more worried about finding cures for toenail fungus and other inane diseases.

Fuck Martial Law..... find the cure or vaccine ..... do what our ancestors did, fight back and live life fearlessly. Sounds cold but we all have to die and Martial Law over this won't contain it if it truly becomes a massive epidemic/pandemic.

10-05-2005, 06:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Unless you have 1000's upon 1000's dying in the streets and a plague like atmosphere the government has no right whatsoever to lay down Martial Law. This is an excuse to lay it down, and there are so many factors that would need to be made public before I would ever consider supporting it. - What are the criteria that have to be met in order for it to be called? - Is it just infected areas or would the whole nation be under Martial Law? - How long would it last? - What would the "Martial Law" entail? Doesn't surprise me Bush would do this, it's power baby all about the power, when I see things like this I truly worry about '08 and '09 and him leaving office. This type of action makes me think he has no intentions of it and is setting the groundwork for declaring an emergency of some type and staying in office. I am on the frontlines, as many addicts are not exactly the healthiest, cleanest or disease free people, so I see a lot of communicable diseases come through. Declaring Martial Law what would that do? I mean would the gov't prevent us from shopping or to go anywhere but they would still have to work but where if noone is allowed to shop? Sounds to me like we are taking the easy way out, what we should be doing is working on a cure or vaccine and getting it knocked out like other diseases in our past. Instead it seems our pharmaceutical companies are more worried about finding cures for toenail fungus and other inane diseases. Fuck Martial Law..... find the cure or vaccine ..... do what our ancestors did, fight back and live life fearlessly. Sounds cold but we all have to die and Martial Law over this won't contain it if it truly becomes a massive epidemic/pandemic. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"