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In reply to the discussion: Forgive me if I roll my eyes at your precious outrage about torture. [View all]roguevalley
(40,656 posts)most. first to have mumps, first to have them the worst. I am so glad someone was more outraged than me first. It really relieves me of performance anxiety.
This was kind of outstanding: "I know why I don't do anything about it: Because I don't trust the rest of you to help me (or myself to help you, for that matter)."
Trust issues kept you from saving us. How about just doing what you think is right without looking for anyone else. How about starting your own parade. It might mean you are standing by yourself but then you can always be proud that you did something instead of projecting your own impotence onto everyone else. Truly, be your own parade.
As for us being the reason you didn't end the war and torture and the rest, don't blame us. I remember standing in the snow at -10 with the handful of protestors in my little red neck town getting the finger from the odd car going by. That's what I did. Did it end the war? End torture? No. But it made me feel better. And I don't blame anyone else that I failed. At least I started.
EDIT: I re-read your last paragraph and feel your frustration. I also think you are aiming this at the huddled masses and MAYBE not directly at us. Fine. I can understand that. I am old enough to remember when this was America, not Amerikkka. However, you are still responsible for your own silence and inaction. We all know what that means too. It is only for good people to be silent (inactive) for evil to triumph.