When someone declares themselves as an environmental activist, why not pull their meters? Since they themselves are contributing to the downturn of the environment by using the electricity that is produced by the very same power plants that they want to stop. Or suspend their drivers license? Since they drive cars that pollute our atmosphere, etc... etc....
Blame it on the Internet indeed.. without those power plants, there wouldn't be an Internet...
I also saw that and thought the same thing. I am sure that Governor Bush did not mean it in any bad sense (or whomever wrote the speech:). Of course, comments like that should be crafted better in this politically correct day and age.
I am considered a Non-denominational Christian and I fully support freedom of religion. I may not agree with a Wicca, Shinto, etc., but that does not make it right for me to tell them that they cannot participate in their religion. I have the freedom to go to church on a Sunday morning, just like a Wicca can do whatever they do. As long as it does not tread on the liberties of others (like a human sacrifice for example, a extreme example, my apologies). That is the spirit of America. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to own a weapon to defend oneself if they so choose. The freedom to vote no matter what race, color, religion, etc. Again, freedom to choose.
I love America and the freedoms it should stand for. I appreciate tremendously those who fought for those freedoms and risked or lost their lives. I grow concerned when a government starts repealing our freedoms. What concerns me more is the complacency of people to let it happen. May we never reach the point where freedom is not worth fighting for.
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As far as the "greenies" go:
When someone declares themselves as an environmental activist, why not pull their meters? Since they themselves are contributing to the downturn of the environment by using the electricity that is produced by the very same power plants that they want to stop. Or suspend their drivers license? Since they drive cars that pollute our atmosphere, etc... etc....
Blame it on the Internet indeed.. without those power plants, there wouldn't be an Internet...
I love it! Irony is such a neat thing...
-j
I also saw that and thought the same thing. I am sure that Governor Bush did not mean it in any bad sense (or whomever wrote the speech :). Of course, comments like that should be crafted better in this politically correct day and age.
/. is an exercise in those freedoms.
I am considered a Non-denominational Christian and I fully support freedom of religion. I may not agree with a Wicca, Shinto, etc., but that does not make it right for me to tell them that they cannot participate in their religion. I have the freedom to go to church on a Sunday morning, just like a Wicca can do whatever they do. As long as it does not tread on the liberties of others (like a human sacrifice for example, a extreme example, my apologies). That is the spirit of America. Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to own a weapon to defend oneself if they so choose. The freedom to vote no matter what race, color, religion, etc. Again, freedom to choose.
I love America and the freedoms it should stand for. I appreciate tremendously those who fought for those freedoms and risked or lost their lives. I grow concerned when a government starts repealing our freedoms. What concerns me more is the complacency of people to let it happen. May we never reach the point where freedom is not worth fighting for.
For what it is worth....
-um-