Reply #16: This would require too much questioning [View All]

[CanadianSchnikey]

I think the problematic thing is that too many people would have to go outside of their comfort zones; they would have to acknowledge the fact that there might be the possibility that their leaders have condoned the use of torture and that they in turn are somewhat complicit. Too some extent the problem with boards like DU and others is that, too a large extent you are preaching to the converted. I would imagine that there are far more people out there who have never been to this site than those who have been here. There are far more people who don't want to know about the horrors which have been enacted in their names, on others. Thats too scary.

Don't get me wrong - I still believe that we have to keep on preaching to the converted; we have to keep on holding a mirror up to our politicians, media and other leaders; we have to keep on pushing the envelope. I just think that it is not surprising that the mainstream media has not run with these stories more, simply because they know that people don't want to have to think and question - they want to be entertained.