| Subject: Ongoing Battle Against Terrorism |
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Date Posted: 16:45:01 11/22/01 Thu
The war against terrorism is and will always be a struggle in flux, both internally and externally. Much like Freud's Ego, Super Ego and Id, as the Super Ego must police the mind's current conscious and subconscious thoughts, the nation's security is in the hands of government and law enforcement/legislative departments that must watch inside and outside of the country. Balance must be maintained, however, in order to continue a healthy and "free" world, just as the Superego must communicate checks and balances with its counterparts, or else an unhealthy, disorderly repressed mind will develop. In the case of our country, government must work hand in hand with its executors and its citizens, less a fruitless and ill republic may develop. Some would argue that this has already occurred. The answer is clear...in times of war, stricter actions must be taken, in accordance to an enemy's strategy. The question, on the other hand, is much more difficult, being...how harsh do we wish to act? Will our freedoms suffer and if so, will our liberties ever return or will they decrease with time. On a base level, in societal terms, government exchanges freedom for security, to maintain an orderly society. The rate of exchange must be carefully watched and in times of war, it is very easy to hand it all over to our leaders out of sheer fear and misunderstanding of the consequences. People do not consider a problem until it is on top of them and the proverbial pot is already boiling and have too much trust and faith in the system. Recall Nazi Germany and Hitler's quick rise to power and how few outwardly questioned his acts until it was too late. If this is paranoia, read George Orwell for laughs.
A lesson can be learned from the Roman Empire. The Romans did not fall from some great war or bacterial epidemic, but from another disease...apathy. Too many outside interests were allowed to intervene with Rome's central population, until there was no Rome. Australia does not let just anyone live in their country, nor does Canada. Those who apply for citizenship must possess a skill or knowledge that will aid their nation as a whole, not take from it or degrade the integrity of their heritage or exploit their people. Citizenship should not be handed over like a driver's license. Even a driver's license is considered a "privelege, not a right." Driven purely by indidvidual profit and not by a nation's potential strength or collapse, such a nation is sure to fall to its knees. I do not speak of racial purity but of a type of nationalism that yields positively for our country and not based on the almighty dollar. For example, in facile terminology, "Will selling plutonium to hostile countries for a premium help me or my country?" These are the same people, be they citizens or people just visiting the United States who create computer viruses, toxic and militaristic threats and other motivated acts of self-interest. My point if not clear by now, is simply that national pride must take precedence over self-interest and not just by hanging a flag when it's popular to do so. Steps must be taken to increase security to protect us from outsiders as well as from ourselves, unless a drastic change of mindset transpires. The other half of this statement is that security must not undermine our liberty. A delicate and delegate balance must be acquired inside and out, "ensuring domestic tranquility, promoting the general welfare to ourselves and our posterity." Or something like that. :-)
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