Worry About The Right Things
Beer Runners' Flour Trail a Recipe For Trouble
I really can't believe the New Haven eye doctor and his sister are being charged with breach of peace. It's absolutely ludicrous!
I think the prosecutor will have a difficult time proving intent.
I can understand why someone would overreact and freak out, but instead of saying, "oops, false alarm", they charge the people who were doing something completely innocent and unrelated to terrorism with a felony. Can't our taxes be put to a better use?
J.H.C. Worry that your fire department can't communicate with your police department or E.M.T.s in the event of a real emergency. Worry the same for our soldiers and Marines on-the-ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then do something about it. Worry that high blood pressure and obesity is going to kill you. Don't let fear run your life, because once you do you turn your security over to people who may or may not have your best interests in mind. Don't think of security as a defensive precaution - think of it as proactive, offensive measures that encompasses a broad scope.
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Now there's this story too.
While this MIT student did something a little more alarming than sprinkling flour in a parking lot, I still feel the authorities over-reacted.
Again, I'm all for having a secure nation, and I'm all for doing things that will enure our nation's safety, but stories like this are just ridiculous. This is not the way you fight terrorism. This is the way you create a state like the one in 1984 or Handmaid's Tale.
And who will watch the watchers?
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