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GordonHall · 08-29-2005, 02:04 AM

[quote:46675]He has the right to say it - But it doesn't make it logically correct. Isn't this debate about why it's not? Just like in the other threads the debate was about what was logically wrong about Shehaan's (sp?) argument....

No-one's really arguing about free-speech. The debate in this thread looks as though it was fueled by people assuming that Bush is attempting to urge people to not voice their anti-war opinions. I'm not sure if that's the right thing for a leader of a country to do....But then again, it's not my country.[/quote:46675]

Although protests and dissent don't outrightly undermine anything--unless they progress to a phase of violence--battles that are won through mixed opinions take much longer than those where we the populous are convinced of the outcome and have the constitution to go the distance; in this, Bush is unquestionably correct.

The president is not telling people to calm their concerns, nor is he in my opinion inferring it to that extent. He does, however, caution people to be more cautious in the future in how they are voiced. To insurgents, American dissent is viewed as a small victory, because it is the only way they can be victorious. They do not dream of defeating the American forces in open battle, the fight the struggle of the mind and hope to cause enough uproar that the United States leaves dejectedly with its tail between its legs.

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GordonHall is Offline Member Posts: 60 Join Date: Aug 2005	08-29-2005, 02:04 AM [quote:46675]He has the right to say it - But it doesn't make it logically correct. Isn't this debate about why it's not? Just like in the other threads the debate was about what was logically wrong about Shehaan's (sp?) argument.... No-one's really arguing about free-speech. The debate in this thread looks as though it was fueled by people assuming that Bush is attempting to urge people to not voice their anti-war opinions. I'm not sure if that's the right thing for a leader of a country to do....But then again, it's not my country.[/quote:46675] Although protests and dissent don't outrightly undermine anything--unless they progress to a phase of violence--battles that are won through mixed opinions take much longer than those where we the populous are convinced of the outcome and have the constitution to go the distance; in this, Bush is unquestionably correct. The president is not telling people to calm their concerns, nor is he in my opinion inferring it to that extent. He does, however, caution people to be more cautious in the future in how they are voiced. To insurgents, American dissent is viewed as a small victory, because it is the only way they can be victorious. They do not dream of defeating the American forces in open battle, the fight the struggle of the mind and hope to cause enough uproar that the United States leaves dejectedly with its tail between its legs.