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Originally posted by muzzleflash
Violence is the problem, and is definitely not the solution.
Originally posted by DragonSpirit2
a lot of people are not getting it they are taking it waaaay too literally....
Originally posted by RayTheWizardLiotta
Look at all the corporations, religions, banks, schools, media etc, all these things have some form of indoctrination that trick our minds to think a certain way. Once they get our minds with the marketing techniques, propoganda, and fear, they can easily control us in what direction is necessary to take advantage of us.
Originally posted by WalterRatlos
How can it be wrong to protest and to demand more freedom and a government change?
Originally posted by muzzleflash
Every person's actions are their own personal choice. So if a police officer or soldier shot someone, that's not Mubaraks fault, that's the person pulling the trigger's fault. Each person is responsible for their own actions 100%.
Originally posted by XLR8R
Then I would paraphase Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe "None are so enslaved than those who think that they are free."
Originally posted by rexusdiablos
@OP: In theory you're correct but in practice, your notions of civilized, self-leading and responsible man are overtly unrealistic.
Originally posted by martinkb
reply to post by muzzleflash
it's easy to label everything white or black.. With so much on the line, does having free will matter?
Originally posted by Sound.Voice.Productions
You are responsible for yourself AND your sorroundings.
Originally posted by Willbert
If you lived there and went home and later had some strange men kick in your door and then do the same to your head. I'm sure you might get some sense knocked into you about who sent those men. Then we can talk about fantasy and who has power to enforce the mob squad to terrorize the citizens of Egypt.
Originally posted by nenothtu
The only "change" they ever needed was a change within themselves.
You cannot EVER take the freedom away from a free man, you can only kill him. His freedom has to be willingly given up.