Bob, this is the first assassination theme that I've seen but you imply there are others. Can you tell us about the others? I would think that if it were such a common premise, it would not have drawn the shock and awe reaction that it did.
Hate is a horrible emotion. It represents the complete breakdown of morality and tolerance. For most people the feeling does not come easily and does not last very long, although the word is bandied about quite a bit.
If Mr. Bush is the subject of all this venom and ill-will, there must be a reason. Pointing a finger at other people who might have or could have inspired similar feelings is not a dispositive refutation of how people feel today.
With each day that passes, more and more of the sentiment that people put aside three years ago because their leader asked them to is coming back. Those feelings cannot be repressed; it is not healthy. The facts are clear and as the leader of this nation, Mr. Bush must take responsibility for them and their ramifications. The "mea culpa" defense is wearing very, very thin.
HALinNY
=> -----Original Message-----
=> From: profox-bounces .at. leafe D.OT com
=> [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Bob Calco
=> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:50
=> To: 'ProFox Email List'
=> Subject: [OT] Another day, another Bush assassination fantasy
=>
=> http://tinyurl.com/ffpaa
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=>
=> This is just nuts.
=>
=> For people who whine about criminalization of disagreement,
=> they have ironically already tried, convicted, and executed
=> Bush for his policy positions so many times and in so many
=> different ways that it hurts my head to think about it. All
=> these kill-Bush fantasies are beyond disturbing anymore.
=>
=> Oh, I know, it's all about being "thought provoking". Why
=> doesn't somebody come up with a film waxing Bill Clinton or
=> Kofi Annan thirty different ways from sundown for a change?
=> That might provoke some thought too.
=>
=> I really, really, really didn't like Clinton, but I don't
=> recall ever wishing death or physical harm upon him like
=> Bush's opponents seem to fantasize about Bush's assassination.
=>
=> Between pull-the-finger president dolls and dream-fantasies
=> about his assassination, I think the disrespect shown the
=> man and the office has gone way out of bounds and off the
=> charts. Talk about self-righteousness gone beserk.
=>
=> These hate-Bush people have some nerve claiming they live in
=> a dictatorship or are being censored in any way, shape or
=> form. Nothing could be further from the truth, and in fact
=> it is they who are criminalizing disagreement--and making it
=> a capital offense.
=>
=> - Bob
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