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Anti US rhetoric since sept 11 |
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Written by bigpig
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Tuesday, 09 October 2001 |
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Page 1 of 2 Anonymous sent us this: " Since sept 11 there has been much debate on the response of the US. A lot of the arguments against responding have simply been anti US rhetoric. They have ignored the actual threat terrorism represents in our world today. This could literally be a fatal mistake..." (read the rest below)
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Anonymous sent us this: " Since sept 11 there has been much debate on the response of the US. A lot of the arguments against responding have simply been anti US rhetoric. They have ignored the actual threat terrorism represents in our world today. This could literally be a fatal mistake.Since September 11 I have noticed quite a lot of comments, both in the media and on the web which believe there should be no retaliation, and/or that the US is reaping what it has sewn. I am by no means, America's biggest fan. But a lot of these anti war on terrorism arguments seem to boil down to anti US rhetoric. In practice the US has often been one-sided, and blinded by their own ideology. But as much as we loath many aspects of American society, there is much to be admired. The first such thing is the fact that we can engage in such discussions and arguments. There is no restriction on our beliefs, or our ability to say them. These freedoms are non-existent in countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq. Western countries are the most tolerant in the entire known history of human social structure on the planet. Anyone can come to live in Australia, the US, Canada, the UK etc., practice any religion, buy property etc. Try doing the same in non-democracies. Western democracies are the only countries in the modern world that don't go to war with each other. Our society is far from the perfect egalitarian state, but at least the effort is being made.
This new war on terrorism boils down to this.
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