tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post8973376616650209359..comments2023-10-17T02:52:22.037-07:00Comments on David's blog: Political update for July, 2013Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-58233794693410307232013-08-13T14:11:04.855-07:002013-08-13T14:11:04.855-07:00Terrorist attacks are not seen by other countries ...Terrorist attacks are not seen by other countries as provocation to protest too. And the reason the sky hasn't fallen is b/c of how Smith and Carlos were handled. It is still recognized that protests will be treated harshly. That's why athletes don't do it.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-61267220161518230802013-08-13T11:41:31.615-07:002013-08-13T11:41:31.615-07:00Ah Frodo, you cannot apply "the sky is fallin...Ah Frodo, you cannot apply "the sky is falling" to the Olympics. It has already been a venue for political protest, indeed a venue for the worst kind of political terrorism (Munich, eh?), and if it can survive that, it can survive anything.Bearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-20804025978380159892013-08-13T05:25:49.284-07:002013-08-13T05:25:49.284-07:00Edmund Burke also wrote "No one who quotes fr...Edmund Burke also wrote "No one who quotes from Tombstone can be wholly bad." But didn't Doc say "Apparently MY hypocrisy knows no bounds?" Your movie memory is usually better than mine, but I think this time . . . .<br /><br />As to protesting, I did not suggest what you insinuate, but time and place. If it is serious enough to protest, I would prefer they stay home. That would be sad, perhaps counter-productive, but understandable. I do think the Olympics has a value beyond sports. It has to take place somewhere and what country is beyond criticism? Making it a venue for political protest, even peaceful protest, would destroy it. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-61436608083502598572013-08-12T15:05:41.517-07:002013-08-12T15:05:41.517-07:00A government cannot function without some secrets....A government cannot function without some secrets. As unhappy a fact as that is, it is still a fact. Tea Party - who cares anymore? Interesting how many people who were shouting "right on" are now saying "I always thought they were overdoing it".... As Doc Holiday says to Wyatt Earp in Tombstone,"your hypocrisy knows no bounds." Lastly, the Olympics and political protest: no real person can desist if the cause is just, regardless of the possibility of embarrassment, or others counter protesting. As soon as we start thinking about what will other people say about what I'm doing, we begin to slide down the slippery slope toward learned helplessness. One of my favorite quotes ever applies here, said by Edmund Burke, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Bearnoreply@blogger.com