By the way, I did not wish to imply that the American public does not hold high ideals...like a belief in democracy, justice, fairness, equality, and so on...

It was rather the government that rules over them that I was referring to. Governments don't deal much in ideals, they deal in material objectives. They play to win. In order to keep playing they have to rally the public around some supposed cause or ideal...and that is primarily what the "War On Terrorism" hype is really about: rallying the public. Terrorism has, after all, been practived repeatedly by most of the powers who claim to be against it. I won't bother naming them. It's obvious to everyone but themselves that their own acts of aggression against others and/or repression on the homefront are...terrorism. Just as war is murder, well organized murder.

- LH