andrewb898

Hey, I'm writing an interview style paper for school about the base jumping and skydiving experience. I was wondering if anyone with experience would be willing to give me a phone or email interview. Thanks :P -andrew

LMAO i love marilyn manson... i meant charles manson my bad

Of course the american people can be said to be innocent with respect to the wrong doing of the troops. Using the logic that everyone assumes responsibility for the actions of individuals is ridiculous. Saying that americans are in any way responsible for the horrible actions taken by a few people just doesn't make since. Using this logic you can say anything you want. For example I could say that Marilyn Manson's mother should be put on trial for the crimes of her son. I mean she did contribute by giving birth to him...and we might as well put all of his co-workers, friends, family on trial for contributing to his sociopathic behaviors. This logic just does not make since. Rasmack, to answer your question I don't think that citizens are responsible for any positive or negative outcomes by their government unless they intentionally elect individuals whom they know will promote these positive or negative outcomes. Are americans responsible in any way for wrong doings taken by certain individuals who went AGAINST the law, of course not. The only way american citizens could be held responsible for these actions would be if they had elected political leaders who set rules encouraging this type of behavior. Instead americans elected people to congress who made laws making these horrible acts illegal....therefore american citizens can assume no responsibility these wrong doings.

In theory, a true democracy would represent how the majority of the people would feel about an issue. Iraq was an unforeseen issue during the 2000 elections. So we didn't directly vote for the war. Although when you elect a representative into power part of your vote should be based on the individual's morals and ethics....which means that in a way the people were for the war. Right now I'm personally trying to figure how I feel about some of these issues...but I have come to a conclusion. I can't say that I honestly believe Bush went into Iraq for oil. War is NEVER popular. Bush risked losing his second term because of the war. Therefore I have to assume that Bush genuinely believes that we, the americans, were helping out the Iraqi people by invading. Right now it is a shitty situation, but just maybe in two decades the positives coming out of Iraq will out-weigh the negatives of the present. Are europeans spine-less softies for not joining the war?? No I don't think so, you just have a different perspective. Hope that made some since. -andrew