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Originally Posted by danlisa
Very true Jumpy.
It has recently dawned on me that the UK Government is creating a 'Fear State'. Everything (major) is depicted to the general populace as a threat to your/our health, security, way of life etc......and becomes 'authorised' based on the embellished half truth of the initial situation.
Of course, when the exact truth becomes public knowledge, it's all ok because at the time, public support backed the motion.  |
Oh, that's been the norm here in the States for at least nine years. You'll get used to it. Just relax and breathe deeply. This won't hurt a bit.
They take us for complete schlubs.
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Originally Posted by Penguin
Nope, my relatives didn't have cable at this time, I just watched the mainstream channels or read the local SF papers. On them it was more like history of the Saddam regime in a time lapse. Time magazine covered some more background infos.
I noticed an increase in car flags though!
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Ah, so you did get to see the machine gearing up. Lovely sight, yes?
