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Having - alongside most of my flist - read this post tonight and having watched Fahrenheit 9/11 for the second time, I intended to make a political post as soon as I got back home. Unfortunately, I am too tired and too drunk for coherent thought. ... Well, maybe only a few words: I grew up in a police state, and the truly horrible thing about it wasn't so much the actual physical or legal threat (though always latently existant) but the constant feeling of apprehension that followed you around. People were afraid of voicing their opinions, because you never knew who was listening to what. I have no way of knowing how intimidated Americans feel in general, but I get the impression that it is getting worse and worse. And the scary thing? The entire world is watching. Helplessly. This sort of makes you understand how so many crimes against humanity could have happened in the past without any interference from the outside. Because, frankly, there's nothing one can do.

A few years ago, I read an article in the press dealing with Switzerland's role in World War II. Apparently, an "independent commission of experts" was formed who were in charge of investigating Switzerland's omission in letting in Jewish refugees during the war. At exactly the same time that commission was investigating, Germany was passing laws designed to prevent letting in refugees into the country. I thought it was quite ironic, in the saddest of ways. The point I'm trying to make is, that political crimes - even if recognised by the people - seem to be impossible to stop. Which is what I find perfectly, utterly scary.

Hm, a political post after all. I'll safe the fun post for later.

*unfriendslocks*