Comments on: The magic of modern technology

By: ink paw prints

ink paw prints — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:24:00 +0000

voting systems are kinda stupid anyway. I forget what the percentage is, but a very large percentage of people can vote against a government and they’ll still remain in/get into power.

By: Helen V.

Helen V. — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:27:00 +0000

It still amazes me that both these governments were re-elected. I agree with you, Glenda. I was railing about the inevitable consequences of this war when all the pre-war posturing was going on. You didn’t have to be a great student of Middle East history and politics to know what would happen. I suspect we are in for a long period when those who have been damaged by this stupidity on both sides will respond in the way that conflict has taught them to and, as a result, the rest of us will suffer.

By: Satima Flavell

Satima Flavell — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 23:55:00 +0000

I don't know anyone who will admit to having voted for John Howard at the last election. How on earth did he get back in?

They did manage to scare people with their stories of WMD. Even a year or more after the war started, many, if not most, people still believed them. People en masse are easily scared and easily fooled, it seems.

Public opinion does seem to be turning against the warmongers, but it's already too late for a generation of children in the Middle East who've grown up thinking war is normal and even desirable. Scary stuff.

To get an perspective outside Western thinking, I like to quote the Buddha: "Hatred never ceases by hatred, but only by love. This is an eternal law."

Boy oh boy, I wish someone would explain that to Mr Bush and his buddies. It seems bleedin' obvious to any thinking person.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:58:00 +0000

Both Australia and US have had an election since the war started.
And both governments are still in power. So tell me, what were the 80% thinking? I still just don't get it...

And you are right. They have thrown away the democracy they used to say they were fighting for. And that perhaps is (for the US anyway)the saddest thing of all.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:48:00 +0000

I don't think that you were the only one to see that Iraq was going to end up here way back when Bush wanted to go in. 80% of Australians were against going in at the time too.

I think what is interesting, and Al Gore pointed it out in a speech he gave recently in Perth, is that the voice of the many has been silenced so that only the voice of the few participate in decision making. Not the kind of democracy a random US soldier is fighting for in Iraq, surely.