I never equated age with intelligence. I equated age with life experience and understanding how society runs. Certain things can only be gained from time.
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You aren't? Why are you paying taxes if you aren't getting paid? What makes your job any less of a support to war than an enlistee who hands towels out at the base gym? You do realize that members of the military ALSO pay taxes, too, right?
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I want to talk about our common responsibilities in the face of a common danger. The events of recent weeks may have helped to illuminate that challenge for some; but the dimensions of its threat have loomed large on the horizon for many years. Whatever our hopes may be for the future--for reducing this threat or living with it--there is no escaping either the gravity or the totality of its challenge to our survival and to our security--a challenge that confronts us in unaccustomed ways in every sphere of human activity.
This deadly challenge imposes upon our society two requirements of direct concern both to the press and to the President--two requirements that may seem almost contradictory in tone, but which must be reconciled and fulfilled if we are to meet this national peril. I refer, first, to the need for a far greater public information; and, second, to the need for far greater official secrecy.
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The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.
But I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country's peril. In time of war, the government and the press have customarily joined in an effort based largely on self-discipline, to prevent unauthorized disclosures to the enemy. In time of "clear and present danger," the courts have held that even the privileged rights of the First Amendment must yield to the public's need for national security.
Today no war has been declared--and however fierce the struggle may be, it may never be declared in the traditional fashion. Our way of life is under attack. Those who make themselves our enemy are advancing around the globe. The survival of our friends is in danger. And yet no war has been declared, no borders have been crossed by marching troops, no missiles have been fired.
If the press is awaiting a declaration of war before it imposes the self-discipline of combat conditions, then I can only say that no war ever posed a greater threat to our security. If you are awaiting a finding of "clear and present danger," then I can only say that the danger has never been more clear and its presence has never been more imminent.
It requires a change in outlook, a change in tactics, a change in missions--by the government, by the people, by every businessman or labor leader, and by every newspaper. For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.
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That's a really big can of worms to open but this should clarify a bit.
JohnFonda
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I'm paying taxes on money I am paid. I am not being paid to pay taxes ? Is that that hard of a concept to grasp?
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Like alzheimers!
JohnFonda
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Some people have emotions and goals that extend beyond the self.
How is that any different than a soldier doing a regular job on a military installation who never sees battle? In case you are unaware, those soldiers are the vast majority of our military.
JohnFonda
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I dont understand many of these definitions. I must have leaned another variety of English..
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I didnt make the choice to pay taxes to a institution that loses 23 billion dollars mysteriously. It's part of the deal I never signed.
Probably because calling someone a "lemming" predates calling people "sheep".
You sign that deal every year during tax season whether you like it or not.
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This I can agree on. Mainly because of nonsensical policies and people who even if it was effective isnt going to work because of how its used and not whether it is or isnt.
JohnFonda
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Ever hear of a incubation period?
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Except people have got the virus again shortly after getting it initially. Immunity is never a guarantee. They tried hard immunity other places. Didnt work so well.
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Masks can filter particles as small as 0.007 microns – 10 times smaller than viruses ...
Not the N95 and not bandanas.
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Though they are not rated for this they have been proven capable.
Maybe when they are clogged and filthy and pose a health risk to the wearer.
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Not bandanas no or basic cloths but the not can. Not rated for it but has been shown 95% effective against particles of corona size. The mask mandate is foolish not because or science. Just because how it was mandated to begin with. Trying to watch people put on a basic cloth mask was a clear example it wouldmt work very well
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