Is anyone else a bit disturbed by this?
Mar. 5th, 2003 02:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandolinhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,907070,00.html
Isn't the reaction here a tad extreme? Simply voicing an unpopular opinion is not interfering with the defense of one's country, no matter how famous you are. And since celebrities don't seem to be turning the tide of popular opinion, I don't see why pro-war advocates are getting so up in arms. If you don't like what they're saying, don't listen.
*sigh* It's one thing to disagree, but this is really silly.
Isn't the reaction here a tad extreme? Simply voicing an unpopular opinion is not interfering with the defense of one's country, no matter how famous you are. And since celebrities don't seem to be turning the tide of popular opinion, I don't see why pro-war advocates are getting so up in arms. If you don't like what they're saying, don't listen.
*sigh* It's one thing to disagree, but this is really silly.
Next, they'll be asking, are you now or have you ever been...?
Date: 2003-03-05 11:50 am (UTC)The next four words that come to mind are "House Un-American Activities Committee."
OK, it was fifty years ago, but have people forgotten? And was Vietnam really that long ago?