No, it doesn't. But you miss my point. Your crack about Mike Moore and the rest buying a new Saddam statue implied to me that you think that because they don't agree with Bush, they must support Saddam. And that kind of simplistic thinking bugs the hell out of me, because one of the tenents of freedom is the freedom to state your opinions, to _have_ differing beliefs. And I've seen precious little of that freedom in the US media - remember that speech of Bush's "If you're not with us you're against us?" That's what I saw in your reply, the same kind of reactionary "you don't agree with me, therefore you must be wrong" attitude.
Apologies if I'm reading too much into it - I was watching the news at the same time and it was making me grumpy.
And no, I don't proclaim to be the Oracle of Anything. Or even right half the time. I'm just stating what I believe, and what I feel, like the rest of us are in our LJs, and if you post a comment, great, I get someone else's view, but I'm also free to respond to it as well, especially if I don't agree with what's said. That's the beauty of freedom of speech. And just because someone says _one_ thing doesn't mean they agree with the diametrically opposite. Calling Moore pro-terrorist is about as useful as him calling all Americans violent.
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Date: 2003-04-10 05:27 pm (UTC)Apologies if I'm reading too much into it - I was watching the news at the same time and it was making me grumpy.
And no, I don't proclaim to be the Oracle of Anything. Or even right half the time. I'm just stating what I believe, and what I feel, like the rest of us are in our LJs, and if you post a comment, great, I get someone else's view, but I'm also free to respond to it as well, especially if I don't agree with what's said. That's the beauty of freedom of speech. And just because someone says _one_ thing doesn't mean they agree with the diametrically opposite. Calling Moore pro-terrorist is about as useful as him calling all Americans violent.