I think that the Bush Administration's foreign and domestic policies when taken on a whole, are misguided, contentious, overly assertive, often juvenile and certainly divissive. (i.e. those of a stupid,aggressive puppy) I have expressed this opinion in many ways, many times on this forum, in letters to newspapers and in general conversation. So far, no one has called me traitor or unpatriotic(at least not to my face). I hope this is primarly because anyone who knows me can tell that I love this country, what is stands for and what its potential is. I firmly believe that patriotism means standing up for what you believe in and asking questions and when necessary defying authority(as our founding fathers did and more recently the Civil Rights movement).
Johnny Depp is a good actor, I have no idea if he is an astute thinker. He, just like you and I has every right to say what he wants. What dissapoints me about him is not his opinions or the fact that he is using his celebrity to broadcast them to a large audience. What dissapoints me is that rather than staying and fighting to change what he does not like, he has chosen to leave his country and hide his head in the sand.(Although they do have some really nice sand in the south of France - good food too, and his wife is a babe - but it is still a pretty lame solution to his concerns.)
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