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Originally posted by JcL
Uh, people have said this, and they're right. Our intelligence services failed us in 9/11. You can critisize the administration without disrepecting the dead.
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You are absolutely right and I admit to being rash while posting earlier, it's always confusing when in people in general say France or America or any other country without specifying the people and its government, it just slips my mind on the specific meaning. As well, it's just difficult for me [personally] to blame disasters on the government until there is clear evidence of negligence; I wouldn't blame 9/11 on the US government, nor the deaths from the heatwave on the French gov.
However by the same token of your post, Johnny Depp may [and probably is] 'criticizing the administration without disrespecting' its citizens. His comments were lacking of intelligence but he certainly does not deserve some of the harsher words from the boards. He has not betrayed the people, but simply demonstrated his frustration towards its government [albeit poorly executed
].