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In reply to the discussion: My sad expectation for our future [View all]PJMcK
(21,923 posts)First, do you ever fly on a commercial airliner? You say you haven't accepted anything I "imagined." When you go into the airport, what do you see and experience as you try to board your flight?
Second, do you ever go to a shopping mall? Notice the heavily armed cops? Why are they there?
It doesn't matter if we accept their presence or not. They are there. Period.
As far as your observation that I'm being romantic, that's your misinterpretation. I was commenting about my perceptions in my lifetime. Of course I know that lots of bad shit has been happening since before we were a United States! But that wasn't the point of my post.
To be clear, I was simply writing about how we never saw military and the police presence was minimal if at all.
Hortensis, I consider you an online compatriot and I've been avidly reading your posts for years. I'm not really interested in an argument with someone I think of as a colleague.
Enjoy your weekend.