The New FBI: "Innocent" "Freedom-Loving" Firefighters

You know it’s gone too far when the government employs Firemen as info.-seeking terror-fighters.

We have let the terrorists beat us. This is what they planned. We are limiting our freedoms. They will either kill us, or we will kill ourselves. Let us preserve our honor. We will die in the fight, the fight to PRESERVE OUR VALUES. Preserving our values by limiting our freedom, by contradicting our values, is an oxymoron. Usable in fine literature, but hypocritical in real life. Let us STAND UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN by setting a good example; we stoop to their level when we use violence, secrecy, and censorship. They are leading us to self-destruction; then they shall laugh: western thought is insincerity in action! Watch them rip themselves apart, not knowing what they’ve done! Then our Chinese friends have the right to look at us sadly; they knew Communism was better. Too much free thought puts us in the likelihood to do THIS!

But we can stop it. Humans are not helpless. Humans have brains, communication, cities! We have flown to the moon! We have built weapons that can destroy the world six times over! All we need is motivation. What is there that motivates us to kill ourselves and yet not seek other options? What is it that motivates us to NOT consider long-term effects when our livelihoods are endangered?

WHY ARE WE STUPID?

People make mistakes. That’s human nature. Only when we learn to FIX our mistakes, and FORGIVE others for theirs, can we make true progress.

Perception

One thing astounds me about colors: I could be seeing completely different shades of colors than you, and they would still have the same relation to each other. Therefore, nobody would be able to tell, which might mean that it has no effect on life.

However, I started thinking about perception in broader terms. Can we relate this difference in sight to the way we react to people? I think yes. Because I see things through a different perspective; that colored by my own life, you cannot comprehend upon sight what my immediate reaction would be. Could we stop wars by considering perception?

It only takes patience.