Terrorism is not a criminal problem. Timothy McVeigh was one guy acting witha couple of others. If there was a nationwide network of people blowing up buildings in an attempt to destabilize and ultimately take control of the country, you better damn well believe that would be more than a criminal problem. It would be civil war.
On 4/30/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > RoMunn wrote: > > Ha, not so fast. Remember the Civil War? Lincoln suspended habeus > corpus. > > Remember WWII? FDR instituted Japanese-American internment camps. The > govt > > has always taken extraordinary measures during times of conflict. > > > > Then that defines our differences. I don't see terrorism as a war > just as I don't see that there's a "war on drugs". That's just a > convenient excuse to suppress liberties and expand government power. > > Terrorism is a crime problem. Did we declare war on Tim McVeigh? And > if terrorism IS a war why hasn't congress declared War? And if they > wanted to, who would they declare it on? > > i.e., it's crime, not war. International crime, but not war. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:205883 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
