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Originally Posted by Ustwo
It undermines the country in that the implication is if you enlist you are obviously stupid and should die. We need people to enlist. Do I think its a major issue? No I doubt anyone who thinks its funny would have the type of character to enlist anyways.
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Is there such a thing as "attempted undermining"?
I don't hold at all with this "support the troops and kiss the president's ass or you're undermining the country and giving aid and comfort to the terrists" nonsense. Our country is founded on dissent and the freedom to express an opinion--however tasteless this case may be.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
I do think the 9/11 conspiracy nutjobs have in fact hurt the country by convincing a large number of undereducated and naive people that the risk of terror is a lie.
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I don't agree with the conspiracy theorists (although Building 7's failure is inexplicably anomalous). I don't see how people having a real view of the risk of terror could possibly harm anyone but certain republican administration members. There were 14 times more car accident deaths in 2005 alone than deaths caused by terrorism inside the US in the last decade. In terms of attention, budget, and expenditure of life, the so called risk of terror is VASTLY over-sold, and entirely for political purposes.
Am I helping the enemy now?