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.: Sunday, March 30, 2003 :.
Breaking News
We've Tired of The War, Now Returning To Regular Programming
The United States is at war. Last week, it was everywhere, of the 30 someodd channels I get, 11 of them featured dedicated war coverage, all day.
Not this week.
This week not a single channel is covering the war 24/7. There are no more cameras mounted on buildings gaining air time. So what Happened? Did the war suddenly become less important then it had been when it started, and if so, why is the united states still fighting it?
The war is in fact just as important as it was last week, only now its boring. The television viewer has had their fill of the early proceedings, and now chooses to watch ER or Survivor while people die in the middle east. Think of it as a channel running the simpsons twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. Thats got to get boring, but the simpsons are a cartoon, not a reality.
Its quite convienant that Americans can turn a blind eye to Iraq. I doubt Iraqi civilians are kicking back and watching 'Friends' while all this is going on. It's disgusting really, why buy a car if your not going to drive it, or aknowledge that it even exists?
So now that I've gotten into the whole war thing, I guess I'd better offer up my standpoint,
I'm damn proud to be Canadian right now. I'm not against the war, Suddam is a bastard, and he deserves to be taken out of power. I am however, against how the war was started. If the US can simply brush off the UN and do things the way they want it done anyway, then whats the point of the UN? The power or the UN or any government comes fromt the respect of the people under it, as in a democracy, the government is in fact made up of those people under it.
If everyone in Canada decided that they wanted to shoot the person standing next to them, theres not a thing the government could do to prevent it.
So essentially what the US has spat in the face of world politics. World politics provide communication between nations, and with no communication, things can only go downhill.
The really interesting parts of this war are not going to happen during the fighting, but rather afterwards, when the true impact on how the world works start surfacing. It's interesting age to be alive, be that a good or bad thing.
Peace Out
looking forward with a cautous eye
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