I knew - KNEW - the guilt trolls would show up before long.

[dreamnightwind]

95. Sounds like a mischaracterization to me

Yes, we are held accountable, to some degree, for the actions of our government, and we should be. They "get to" kill random Americans? Of course not. Some of them will do that, because they don't know of any other way to address the injustices done to their own people. Doesn't mean I think it's justified. And I certainly don't view marathon watchers in Boston as fair targets, but you knew that. And besides, who are "they"? The Boston attack was probably domestic terrorism, we'll have to wait and see.

If we're not accountable for the actions of our elected reps, who is? I don't WANT to be accountable for them. But there is a lot of willful ignorance about our government's policies, or even approval. Some of it is because people are just busy, or shallow, or lied to. Some of it, though, is because we benefit from those actions in some way and are afraid to exist straight up in the world without the force of our military to rearrange things to our liking. Access to resources. Monetary policy. Global control. Overthrowing foreign leaders. For that we should be accountable, and trust me, we are.

But my original point was that the Boston attack was probably the act of a random maniac, whereas the drone killings are the actions of our elected reps, and as such need to be actively opposed and stopped, because they are our reps and these actions are being done in our name. And we should feel for those victims, the innocent ones, and none of those people have been convicted of anything. Watch the wikileaks video, they were just killing whatever was moving.