The world has a structure articulated in terms of all the different kinds of actions, purposes, roles and ways of organizing one's life that are available to us within our culture.... But the space of possibilities will never be something that can be measured or described objectively. It is something, instead, that has to be understood to be seen. - Mark A. Wrathall, BYU Philosophy professor
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Ok, here's a little article about Bush's speech urging Congress to give more freedom to police to combat terrorism: War on Terror. I have to say, giving even more freedom to police sounds dangerous to me. Yes, we need to protect our lives and well-being, but more importantly, we need to protect our liberties and rights. Yes, we must fight terrorism, but will we ever wipe it out completely? No, because we have an ideology that goes against the basic beliefs of much of the worlds population. The only way to stop terrorism completely would be to wipe out those beliefs that conflict so much with ours. Yet, to do that would be to tear down the entire basis of our entire society. So, how could we ever possibly win the war on terrorism without becoming a totalarian state? So, keep on fighting for our liberties, but don't take them away because we aren't winning fast enough. We will be fighting this war for decades, centuries to come.
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