One of the truths is that you don't like the U.S. government bombing Afghanistan, but you are afraid of "what people will think" of you if you simply say, "I do not support this fucking barbarism," unless you add a call for the use of "considerable force" to appease the anger, & assuage the fear, felt by the majority of Americans. Without such a call for the use of force, you think, "No one will take me seriously!" Another truth is that you know that neither the current American war on the people of Afghanistan nor "bringing Osama bin Laden & a few of his associates to justice" will prevent future terrorism, unless & until capitalism & U.S. imperialism get consigned to the dustbin of history; however, you also know that it is impossible to abolish capitalism & U.S. imperialism within the next couple of years or perhaps even decades, so you figure this truth is hardly worth mentioning today, as you think, "It ain't practical."
What's not practical _at this moment_, however, is worth saying again and again, as (a very slowly increasing number of) people saying so alters, bit by bit, the ground on which we may build a future for us. Patience & hard work -- even though there is no guarantee that they will "pay off." For nothing else will.
-- Yoshie
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