Comments on: Time Magazine’s letters to the http://www.theagitator.com/2002/04/14/time-magazines-letters-to-the/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Tokuko Hayashi http://www.theagitator.com/2002/04/14/time-magazines-letters-to-the/comment-page-1/#comment-4012 Tokuko Hayashi Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:04:09 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=677#comment-4012 The article "How Tony Blair Found His Groove" started with the determination of Mr Blair and Blitish people never being intimidated, or forced to change their way, or divided to weaken their resolve. Can it never occur to him that the other side, the people who are opposed to him and to Mr Bush feel the same way? Long histories of nations have been the histories of wars and through them we decided the borders and sovereingn powers, though it was a savage way. Can't we leave other people alone? Can't we wait and let them decide among themselves the border and their soveregn systems? Is it that I am too naive? Maybe the truth is that the leaders of western countries intend to grab the oil under the territory of Middle eastern countries, and to let those big business make more money. But for ordinary people all over the world, it's much less expensive to let them handle oil and everything without any military intervention of foreign countries. I believe they are smart enough to do that. Willing individuals who are sufficiently paid and have technology can help them if necessary. The article “How Tony Blair Found His Groove” started with the determination of Mr Blair and Blitish people never being intimidated, or forced to change their way, or divided to weaken their resolve. Can it never occur to him that the other side, the people who are opposed to him and to Mr Bush feel the same way? Long histories of nations have been the histories of wars and through them we decided the borders and sovereingn powers, though it was a savage way. Can’t we leave other people alone? Can’t we wait and let them decide among themselves the border and their soveregn systems? Is it that I am too naive? Maybe the truth is that the leaders of western countries intend to grab the oil under the territory of Middle eastern countries, and to let those big business make more money. But for ordinary people all over the world, it’s much less expensive to let them handle oil and everything without any military intervention of foreign countries. I believe they are smart enough to do that. Willing individuals who are sufficiently paid and have technology can help them if necessary.

]]> By: Richard Catlett http://www.theagitator.com/2002/04/14/time-magazines-letters-to-the/comment-page-1/#comment-4011 Richard Catlett Wed, 19 Mar 2003 06:45:50 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=677#comment-4011 I go to sleep tonight unsure of what the world will look like tomorrow. Through a strange set of circumstances, events, and deliberate well planned actions - life, and everything precious to me, is poised on the sharp edge of change teetering over a vast abyss. An immense canyon which will grow in size, dividing the country, and isolating my home from the world. I believe in my sense of what is right and wrong, what is moral and what is not. I think everyone has that same instinct, the same line, which is drawn thick and true, straight as an arrow between what is just and what is not, dividing the dark from the light. I am terrified and angry that the President has misused his power to twist and redefine this border, mutilating this boundary to such a degree that right has become wrong and wrong is in a paper thin disguise of right. He has taken advantage of a public in pain and blinds them from his own underlying motives in a righteous crusade to rid the world of evil and terrorism. When in fact the wheels he has set in motion will turn the world against us, transforming the United States into the perpetrators of the very things we strive to rid the earth of. Instead of relying on popular opinion and listening to the council of the world he is, instead, establishing the United States government as a global bully. He is throwing away an opportunity which will never come again in my lifetime and possibly the lifetimes of generations to come. At a time when the United States could have been the promoter of peace and well-being in the world and firmly established our country as the voice of all people against tyranny, evil, human rights violations, and terrorism he has instead vainly chosen to set himself and the government of United States up as the judge, jury, and executioner above the opinions of all others. It is more than a horrendous waste of time, money, and lives. It is a crime of unfathomable proportions which has the extreme potential to cause damage on a scale the world has never seen. I go to sleep tonight unsure of what the world will look like tomorrow. Through a strange set of circumstances, events, and deliberate well planned actions – life, and everything precious to me, is poised on the sharp edge of change teetering over a vast abyss. An immense canyon which will grow in size, dividing the country, and isolating my home from the world.

I believe in my sense of what is right and wrong, what is moral and what is not. I think everyone has that same instinct, the same line, which is drawn thick and true, straight as an arrow between what is just and what is not, dividing the dark from the light. I am terrified and angry that the President has misused his power to twist and redefine this border, mutilating this boundary to such a degree that right has become wrong and wrong is in a paper thin disguise of right.

He has taken advantage of a public in pain and blinds them from his own underlying motives in a righteous crusade to rid the world of evil and terrorism. When in fact the wheels he has set in motion will turn the world against us, transforming the United States into the perpetrators of the very things we strive to rid the earth of. Instead of relying on popular opinion and listening to the council of the world he is, instead, establishing the United States government as a global bully.

He is throwing away an opportunity which will never come again in my lifetime and possibly the lifetimes of generations to come. At a time when the United States could have been the promoter of peace and well-being in the world and firmly established our country as the voice of all people against tyranny, evil, human rights violations, and terrorism he has instead vainly chosen to set himself and the government of United States up as the judge, jury, and executioner above the opinions of all others.

It is more than a horrendous waste of time, money, and lives. It is a crime of unfathomable proportions which has the extreme potential to cause damage on a scale the world has never seen.

]]> By: yttim2 http://www.theagitator.com/2002/04/14/time-magazines-letters-to-the/comment-page-1/#comment-4010 yttim2 Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:48:21 +0000 http://dev.theagitator.com/?p=677#comment-4010 As I read the March 17th magazine, I noticed that the photos on pages 24,25 and 35, was either printed backwards or our military leaders don't know that the Union on the flag is always at the top left. In all of the pictures the Union is in the top right hand corner. Let's get it right As I read the March 17th magazine, I noticed that the photos on pages 24,25 and 35, was either printed backwards or our military leaders don’t know that the Union on the flag is always at the top left. In all of the pictures the Union is in the top right hand corner.
Let’s get it right

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