Poor Gary Mckinnon

TheGhost · 11-17-2008, 02:10 PM

"I can make a case that he should have only hacked UK military targets"
I sense some nationalism tainting your point of view here, murnut! Could that be the source of your angst with regard to Gary McKinnon's actions, by any chance?

I am a proud American...does that make me evil?

Don't confuse patriotism with nationalism. 'My country, right or wrong' is nationalism, not patriotism. It is perhaps a subtle but very important distinction. A US patriot would be doing the same kind of thing that Gary was doing.
The oath that Americans take is to defend the CONSTITUTION (not the government) against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. America is overflowing with domestic enemies. However, they don't just threaten the US but the whole world.
The constitution wasn't threatened by Gary! It is however being threatened by US politicians, law makers, military, intelligence, diplomats, bankers, secret society members, etc, etc, etc.

11-17-2008, 02:10 PM	#11
TheGhost Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Merseyside, England Posts: 50	Re: Poor Gary Mckinnon "I can make a case that he should have only hacked UK military targets" I sense some nationalism tainting your point of view here, murnut! Could that be the source of your angst with regard to Gary McKinnon's actions, by any chance? I am a proud American...does that make me evil? Don't confuse patriotism with nationalism. 'My country, right or wrong' is nationalism, not patriotism. It is perhaps a subtle but very important distinction. A US patriot would be doing the same kind of thing that Gary was doing. The oath that Americans take is to defend the CONSTITUTION (not the government) against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC. America is overflowing with domestic enemies. However, they don't just threaten the US but the whole world. The constitution wasn't threatened by Gary! It is however being threatened by US politicians, law makers, military, intelligence, diplomats, bankers, secret society members, etc, etc, etc.