Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Imagine v2.0

It's 2003. President Bush is the current leader of our country. He has decided to invade Iraq.

You are a liberal. You are strongly against optional wars, so obviously you don't agree with President Bush's decision. What do you do?

A) You support the troops, while protesting the war. You want us to get out of Iraq, but you want the government to do everything it can to keep our troops safe. You want policy to change, but you don't want Americans to be hurt.

B) You protest the war, and you throw 'parties' in favor of our troops being killed. You want our soldiers to die in hopes that we lose the war, so President Bush will be proven wrong. Your tax dollars are going towards a policy you don't agree with, so you want that policy to fail as miserably as possible.

Anyone and everyone would view option B as despicable. It would be so shameful, that anyone who chose that option would be shunned by society and viewed as committing treason.

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It's now 2009. President Obama is the current leader of our country. He has decided to bail out GM and Chrysler.

You are a conservative. You are strongly against government intervention in the free market, so obviously you don't agree with President Obama's decision. What do you do?

A) You support the companies, while protesting the policy. You want the government to stop bailing out companies, but you want the American consumer to do everything they can to keep our American companies alive. You want policy to change, but you don't want Americans to be hurt.

B) You protest the policy, and call for a boycott against the companies. You want our companies to fail in hopes that we stop giving them money, so President Obama will be proven wrong. Your tax dollars are going towards a policy you don't agree with, so you want that policy to fail as miserably as possible.

Anyone and everyone should view option B as despicable. It should be so shameful, that anyone who chooses that option should be shunned by society and viewed as committing treason.

1 comment:

carraig said...

Inappropriate comparison - people died in Iraq in a sacrifice that may or may not turn out to be wise - history will judge.