tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590331586734780274.post810588637516523881..comments2023-10-07T09:57:43.217+02:00Comments on MINDFUL MIMI has moved: The test of democracy is freedom of criticism - David Ben-GurionMindful Mimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01446280604807144826noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590331586734780274.post-6933678871158450752007-08-21T06:23:00.000+02:002007-08-21T06:23:00.000+02:00"So in what way are we different from Americans? A..."So in what way are we different from Americans? And why?"<BR/><BR/>our government is scared to death of it's own citizens. your governments really do not take you seriously enough to develop the same level of paranoia. <BR/><BR/>i would say you are lucky but you still have to live on the same planet with us. perhaps you should accelerate your space program.rev. billy bob gisher ©2008https://www.blogger.com/profile/08295810077239454721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590331586734780274.post-88543180210065924262007-08-21T02:14:00.000+02:002007-08-21T02:14:00.000+02:00Congrats for the blog, it's great. People are in n...Congrats for the blog, it's great. People are in need of this kind of places, places in which one can express what one feels and thinks, and, more importantly, exchange with other people.<BR/><BR/>About the topic, I believe the reaction to the Dixie Chicks shows a different way to approach reality, a naive, socially counterproductive, less-civil one. I think there isn't a great difference between Frenchmen and Americans... the event you mentioned is just a demonstration of the demeanour a group that follows an incompetent leader that is being now abandoned by his most loyal acolytes is characterized by; take the Iraq War entry on Wikipedia in consideration, for instance: It's been proven by Wiki's staff that an IP belonging to the republican party altered the words "invasion army" for "liberation troops"... I'm generalizing, of course, which unfortunately is the only way to analyze life.<BR/><BR/>I invite you to visit my blog, it's similar to yours. I hope you like it =]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590331586734780274.post-67793372207208950162007-08-20T07:53:00.000+02:002007-08-20T07:53:00.000+02:00I remember having to speak in hushed terms at univ...I remember having to speak in hushed terms at university about Bush's 'smoke them out' speech right after 9/11. The mood was such that it put totalitarianism to shame; how you could differentiate between the two regimes was beyond me. <BR/><BR/>Nice blog.Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008823281304470014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590331586734780274.post-60702880929728363342007-08-19T09:22:00.000+02:002007-08-19T09:22:00.000+02:00Hi! I believe that in Europe the society is more o...Hi! I believe that in Europe the society is more open minded and accepts that there are in fact people who think differently and are entitled to do so. In America it seems to me it's too much talking but in reality that freedom doesn't exist as much as in Europe. It looks like if someone critizes the regime is against it while as critizing can mean that you don't agree partially or totally and that you wish to improve things. Remember that famous phrase? "if you are not with us you are against us"?<BR/><BR/>Have a nice day!La delirantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05247193369830489441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1590331586734780274.post-85522631389870778442007-08-17T23:10:00.000+02:002007-08-17T23:10:00.000+02:00I think a lot of the protest against the Dixie Chi...I think a lot of the protest against the Dixie Chicks and others like them was manufactured by the strongly biased pro-Bush media in America. Europeans are different in that they are not exposed to an overpowering media controlled by a single ideology. Hopefully it will stay that way.Indeterminacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263noreply@blogger.com