28-09-2003 11:16									#1
	Will there be a way to get the public to question things? Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

First off, I am disgusted with politics in America. So many Americans don't vote, and the ones that do don't spend any time thinking about who they'll vote for. They just listen to what sounds kind of good, go along with it, and then vote in a crappy leader. Will there be a way to increase participation?

And the worse part is that Americans just don't question anything. It has gotten so bad that whoever actually thinks about what we are doing as a country gets ostracized for being a 'Saddam lover.' Americans just have stopped looking into things and believe whatever they see on TV. They show a couple of clips of Iraqi soldiers doing something bad, and then they see a movie based on a Tom Clancy book and they are for the War in Iraq. The American public gets absolutely no exposure to different types of thinking and different perspectives. This is the worst part. The American people hear only what the politicians tell them. They hear nothing of the rest of the world thinks. So we make awful decisions without even thinking about it and we don't question it. In fact, when I first came to Apolyton it changed my life (not to sound corny or anything). I was shocked at the leftist opinions. I had never heard anything like it. The thought that Bush was bad seemed absurd. But it made me question things and look into issues more and from different angles. It has helped me see the truth.

So how do we solve the problem? I don't think there is a clear solution. The only thing I can think of is to start with education. Get teachers to make their students think and question things. And to keep an open mind and view things from different perspectives. Americans don't do any of these things, and it is causing or country to go down the drain. Or just for people to speak to other people about this and try to move them to think.

	28-09-2003 11:22									#2
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Leave. Easy solution. Adios.

	28-09-2003 11:23									#3
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Yeah, get out Saddam-lover.

	28-09-2003 11:33									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten Yeah, get out Saddam-lover.

And where are YOU posting from?

	28-09-2003 11:34									#5
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Hey, I practice what I preach.

	28-09-2003 12:27									#6
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Just remember, by definition, half the electorate has a two-digit IQ.

	28-09-2003 12:50									#7
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Leave. Easy solution. Adios.

He's not looking for the easy way out, otherwise this thread would be 'Wheres nice this time of year?'

	28-09-2003 12:51									#8
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Anyone who refuses to take the easy way out is stupid and not worth my time.

	28-09-2003 12:57									#9
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It's best not to get upset about it.

America is going down. I suggest enjoying the ride

	28-09-2003 12:57									#10
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quote: Originally posted by johncmcleod First off, I am disgusted with politics in America.

Agree

quote: Originally posted by johncmcleod So many Americans don't vote, and the ones that do don't spend any time thinking about who they'll vote for. They just listen to what sounds kind of good, go along with it, and then vote in a crappy leader.

No they didn't Bush wasn't ellected.

	28-09-2003 12:58									#11
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand Leave. Easy solution. Adios.

I would like to be reassured that you're joking.

	28-09-2003 13:03									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Elden No they didn't Bush wasn't ellected.

As much as its easy to say bush didnt get enough votes, won it by lawyers etc.....But if bush wasnt elected then you've got some crazy warmonger whos taken control of your country. I would suggest your sort it out.

	28-09-2003 13:06									#13
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quote: I would like to be reassured that you're joking.

I wasn't. Don't know about Sloww.

	28-09-2003 13:08									#14
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Some people need to realize that just because others do not emtionalize justifications for war in other countries, does not mean that we hate our own country.

	28-09-2003 13:11									#15
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I hate my goverment, not my country

	28-09-2003 13:15									#16
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quote: Some people need to realize that just because others do not emtionalize justifications for war in other countries, does not mean that we hate our own country.

If you don't like it, then you can just geeeeet ouuuut.

	28-09-2003 13:19									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Snotty As much as its easy to say bush didnt get enough votes, won it by lawyers etc.....But if bush wasnt elected then you've got some crazy warmonger whos taken control of your country. I would suggest your sort it out.

It's not my country, I'm (unfortunately) an Australian.

Then again the way Howard follows Bush like some kind of mindless fool we are practically the 51st state .

	28-09-2003 13:21									#18
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52nd state, after us of course. Didnt you see the film?

	28-09-2003 13:30									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Snotty 52nd state, after us of course. Didnt you see the film?

Which one ???

	28-09-2003 14:13									#20
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Which film? 51st state of course.

	28-09-2003 18:23									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Snotty Which film? 51st state of course.

Never heard of it. I'll have to look for it.

	28-09-2003 19:58									#22
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no, as long as we have influential people like britney ho-spears saying things like how we shouldn't question our leaders in times like these.

	28-09-2003 21:07									#23
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quote: Originally posted by johncmcleod They hear nothing of the rest of the world thinks.

We hear about it. We usually don't care though.

	28-09-2003 21:14									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Snotty 52nd state, after us of course. Didnt you see the film?

53rd

	28-09-2003 21:27									#25
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All of the people who keep whining "we never elected Bush" should go read the Constitution. Pay close attention to article 2, section 1 as well as the 12th amendment.

	28-09-2003 22:29									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten quote: Some people need to realize that just because others do not emtionalize justifications for war in other countries, does not mean that we hate our own country. If you don't like it, then you can just geeeeet ouuuut.

SlowwHand has gotten to you, hasn't he?