Coolness

[sroni]

In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during a recent interview. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America , he said:

"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out."

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
1. Jesus Christ
2. The American G. I.

One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

Remind other people, because most people forget about both.


I thought this was pretty cool.

Comments

[sroni.livejournal.com]

Hey, I agree with you. Yeah, other people sacrifice their lives every day to try to protect someone else's. It matters, and I'm not trying to diminish their gift. I have too many friends who's jobs it is to keep other people safe for me to do that, and not feel guilty. Some of my good friends at home are police officers, firefighters, etc. Yes, I also have a lot of friends in various military groups, my dad included. So, yes, I want to show my support to them.

On the other hand, you have a point that you really can't compare Jesus to the military. (For multiple reasons that strike me as funny right now.) The main one being you can't compare a basketball to an oak tree. Doesn't work. (Believe me, I just tried to figure out some kind of connection. Best I can get is, You could technically build a basketball hoop out of a tree... but that's about it. Anyway, I digress.) To be honest, I posted because the wording was cool, and it makes you think. I don't require that people agree with everything that I say, or pass on. Hell, I don't even agree with some of the things that I post. I post those things because they made me think, and if they make me think, maybe they'll make other people think, too. And that's what I ask for. Not that you agree, but that you think. (That "you" being the proverbial "you", of course.) I don't want everyone agreeing with me on everything. Sure, it would be nice for some things, but even then, it wouldn't be right. I don't want people agreeing with me simply because they want to agree with me. I want them to believe something because they can't not believe it, and still maintain self respect. And most of all, I want them to think about what it is that they believe, and why. I'm a big fan of the "Why?" question. I ask myself of it all the time. Digressing again. I'm ending this comment now, before I wind up segueing into something else entirely.

[yodafire.livejournal.com]

The thing is that most propaganda like this doesn't make you think. It's not thought provoking, it's digestible. In fact I responded to it because it angers me how often this kind of stuff slides without being called out. I'm glad that you personally have responded to it intelligently but don't fool yourself into believing that this is normal. Sound bytes like this, in my opinion, are hugely responsible for the decline of intelligent voting for acedemic practice of the judicial system. We make cute little slogans that promote easily accessible emotions (pride, fear, anger, etc.)and plaster them wherever we can and proceed to reap votes based entirely off of who's jingle was more catchy.

[sroni.livejournal.com]

Good point. I honestly didn't see it that way.

At the same time, I'd like to think that most of the people who'd read this because of me are semi-intelligent, and can work things out on their own. One of the grand things about being mediocre: very few people read what you have to say. And the ones that do? Have their own brains.

Wow, that came out really bitchy. I'm sorry, that's not the way it was meant. I'm more than a little tired; I just haven't been able to sleep in almost 24 hours, and as a result, my foot isn't clogging my mouth like usual. Maybe it should be.

Again, you have a good point about the jingles thing. In fact, if my brain was capable of walking in a straight line, I'd probably agree with you. Right now, it's really hard for me to make any decision beyond "Don't scratch". Or have anything resembling a thought process.

No, that's a lie. I'm able to type, ergo, I have a thought process. I do agree with at least part of what you've said. Not guaranteeing all of it, because I'm still thinking through it. But at least part.

[yodafire.livejournal.com]

If by read this you mean your LJ and not the quote I would agree. Most of your audience I would assume is reasonably intelligent. I was referring strictly to the quote however.
Sorry about the bugs. Try to take care and please don't take anything I say here as a personal attack so much as a personal gripe/observation.

[sroni.livejournal.com]

I promise I don't take what you say as an attack against me. See, if I did think that, I would have gotten mad. And I would have said something dumb. A lot of dumb things, actually. But I didn't, because I could tell you weren't meaning it as somehting against me, but what I'd "said".

Wow, still tired.