On a wing and a prayer.

Guten Abend! I just finished watching Whale Wars on Animal Planet. I have to say, I'm stuck about it. I can see where they are going with "the cause", but crossing legal lines in order to further your beliefs is, I believe, wrong. Sure, it's exciting and can bring in a lot of money to help keep your actions going, but when we disregard law in order to act on our morals, we lose sight of what we really believe in. Passion, I believe, is a large culprit in this; it fogs our mind with urgency and does not initially let us sit down and think about how we can achieve our goal - legally. So, all in all, my kudos to the crew of the Sea Shepherd. You are very committed to your cause. However, I cannot condone your actions of crossing the line every now and then. Sorry.
In other news, the US has been accused - many times - of committing war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Gitmo Bay.... this has been reported since the very beginning at Bagram, when all the evidence of tortue came to light. In spite of overwhelming evidence, there are still those who completely deny that anything happened - or is still happening - at Guantanamo. Big names in the media deny that there was any wrong-doing in Bagram, Abu Ghraib, or Gitmo - or, at least, nothing that we can pin on anyone else than "a few bad apples". This is unfortunate, to say the least. All I can say is that there were - and continues to be - people all accross the world that deny that their was a Holocaust in the 1930s and 1940s. It is the same thing, I am telling you. How much documentation, how many videos, how many photographs do you need to prove to you that there is a fundamental problem in our interrogation systems? How can we, as Americans, condone fighting fire with fire? How can we sit by while our Nation's leaders make and enforce laws that spit on the Constitution? In the United States, we believe you don't get to pick and choose which laws you abide by and when; we are a Nation of laws that were made by founding fathers that believed that we could rise above becoming the enemy and live in peace for the sake of our posterity. I can no longer sit idly by and watch this go on any longer. It is my sincere hope that you feel the same way.
Inform yourselves. Don't excuse your indifferent behaviour any longer. Become an active participant in our Nation's survival. Honor and support our troops by bringing them home. Refuse to condone a war that was based off of fear and false confessions. Don't become the bad guy. Don't let your hatred and fear and anger fuel any more wars; We cannot let people die. Speak out and become heard; your voice counts, despite what anyone else tells you.
Do what I did: start an online blog. Tell people how you feel and start change in America. Be you black, latino, white, asian, gay or straight, republican or democrat, young or old: create change.
We can see our world suffering; let's not be the silent one that sits on the fence. Whatever you believe, share it. Life is too short and we are running out of time.
Though I am not religous, I say a prayer, to anyone that will listen. I pray that our world will soon see brighter days and that we can overcome the fear and hatred and greed that fuels our world today.