tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post112108453694846361..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: Enemy At The Gate and Open Door PoliciesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1121090170392082242005-07-11T08:56:00.000-05:002005-07-11T08:56:00.000-05:00Actually, I agree and have another post in line on...Actually, I agree and have another post in line on the subject of security measures and what would be possibly more appropriate activities. I believe very much that this is a tough information war. It's why no one really wants to say "Islam" in reference to these terrorists because they fear very much the xenophobia that would invade the country (everybody sees the Japanese and German internments during WWII and shudders).<BR/><BR/>So a delicate process but it can't be ignored all together and may need to be a little more robust. I think the country can take it. Frankly, we need to focus on exactly the ideas that make us strong like immigration, assimilation and "multi-cultural" heritage. (I hate to use that word, but I think it has some advantages).<BR/><BR/>You know, some ad campaigns like the rather popular "I am an American" campaign post Sept 11 could be helpful as well as radio and press that shows all the different religions and communities in the US and last but not least contrasting free muslims withiin the US to activities of extremists. Peace vs. War.<BR/><BR/>Problems with this is the words "propaganda" and that some of this may need to be sustained within designated communities more than to the entire country. <BR/><BR/>But, I digress, I'll talk on that tomorrow and some things that we can do.<BR/><BR/>My concern is that as we tiptoe through these things fearing the outcomes from these actions, we do nothing or less than nothing that allows the extremists in these communities to gain root and expand.<BR/><BR/>On the camera thing, you missed my post where I said "terrorists 1 and Big Brother 0". I also said that those of us that have feared big brother have forgotten that big brother can't really be effective when he has lots of input but little ways in which to output coordinated data.<BR/><BR/>The other problem is, big brother sucks at maintenance since apparently the big red bus camera was broken for awhile and not fixed. thus, no good picture of what would have been the easiest to review and evaluate for suspects.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208095650375780838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1121088724556116852005-07-11T08:32:00.000-05:002005-07-11T08:32:00.000-05:00One of the bad consequences of upping security mea...One of the bad consequences of upping security measures in response to terrorism, is that it lends artificial credibility to conspiracy theories about parallels to the "Reichstag fire", and also makes the news less credible, of terrorists having breached said security to carry out their attacks.<BR/><BR/>People I know in England are starting to mutter, "the average citizen in the U.K. is on camera at least 300 times a day, and yet they don't have any shots of who it is that did this?" It's hard to argue against that when it inspires conspiracy theory.<BR/><BR/>They might even be right.Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Fileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847781147692094361noreply@blogger.com