The Iconic First Post

A real-life blog, imagine that. Forrest and I discussed it for a few days and we thought, Why not? So here it is post number one in our new blog. Hopefully it will be somewhat insightful and interesting. The idea is to give a somewhat younger point-of-view on the world in general. No off-limit topics here, its all up for grabs. There's a lot wrong in the world today and so many people are numb to it. Forrest and myself are always intrigued and drawn to these issues and want to confront them in our own ways. SO without further ado, Your Insolence Will Not Be Tolerated's first post.

Now that the whole introduction bit is over I want to get right to it. Why are Americans so afraid of everything? It makes no sense for a nation that prides itself on over the top patriotism, heroism, and bravery that we would be so shelled up and cushioned against the world. Look at it this way, politicians are the people's servants yet they must always protect themselves from the people. Why else would they use all that bulletproof glass in their motorcades and be followed by top security all the time? Remember when campus police tasered a student at forum featuring John Kerry? And yet across the world in the country of Pakistan where speech isn't always free, Benazir Bhutto returning from self-imposed exile rode in an open bus with no barrier whatsoever between her and the people. She subjected herself to whatever attacks were planned by her opposition, which turned out to be massive bomb attacks. Bhutto knew the risks too, it was discovered she wrote a sealed letter, to be opened if she died that day, about who should be investigated in relation to her killing. That's bravery, patriotism, heroism all at once. Now I'm not asking U.S. political figures to ride around on buses, waiting for someone to detonate bombs in their vicinity but couldn't they all just take a little time to be truly there for the people instead of pretending like they are better than everyone else whilst hiding behind the tinted glass of their armored limos or riding in their secure helicopters.