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> Please. Tell us what you really feel. That's what I just did! I could have sugar coated my words into a more politically correct form so that they don't loo

> Please. Tell us what you really feel. That's what I just did! I could have sugar coated my words into a more politically correct form so that they don't look like the typical reddit comment, but what's the point? That's precisely what I think. And I'm pointing out mere facts, not speculating about some crazy conspiracy theory. But I found your comment very interesting, nonetheless. It shows a profound cultural difference between you and us (europeans) (again, I'm not implying that one is better than the other; just pointing out facts). You trust your fellow citizens to "wake-up" when enough is enough ("[...] whether those restrictions are temporary or permanent.", "[...] voters will punish politicians who downplay the threat of terrorism.") Most european countries woke up too late at some point of their history; that's why we tend to be more worried about the whole situation (and not because we're anti-american).

DanielBMarkham 19y ago
Heck I wouldn't want any PC nonsense. All I ask is that you consider that there are probably good reasons things are the way they are. Smart people are on both sides of these issues, and people who generalize usually do so just to have a political fight to score votes, not to try to understand. I have yet to get into an honest political discussion where at the end of the day both sides were actually pretty close. The problem is that the media wants to present everything as a fight, so people spend a lot of time sort of repeating lists of slogans back and forth. To me, that sounded like what you were doing. As the national elections get closer, I imagine people are going to get more and more emotional. I like to compare our nation as one big dysfunctional family where the welfare check only comes once every four years.
- corentin 19y ago
  > All I ask is that you consider that there are probably good reasons things are the way they are. Should I call you Pangloss ? :) (kidding aside, I agree with you on the rest)

DanielBMarkham 19y ago

Heck I wouldn't want any PC nonsense. All I ask is that you consider that there are probably good reasons things are the way they are. Smart people are on both sides of these issues, and people who generalize usually do so just to have a political fight to score votes, not to try to understand. I have yet to get into an honest political discussion where at the end of the day both sides were actually pretty close. The problem is that the media wants to present everything as a fight, so people spend a lot of time sort of repeating lists of slogans back and forth. To me, that sounded like what you were doing. As the national elections get closer, I imagine people are going to get more and more emotional. I like to compare our nation as one big dysfunctional family where the welfare check only comes once every four years.

corentin 19y ago
> All I ask is that you consider that there are probably good reasons things are the way they are. Should I call you Pangloss ? :) (kidding aside, I agree with you on the rest)