I wish some politician had the guts to stand up and say that preserving our liberties means that we may be more vulnerable to attack. It's political suicide, of course, but it has to be done. The fear mongering that is going on is absolutely unacceptable. And of course the irrational public buys into it. There is a great willingness to sacrifice liberties, especially the liberties of others. The detention center at Guantanamo Bay being used to deny people their civil rights by virtue of being off U.S. soil. Wire tapping. The Boston bomb scare, with its absolutely ridiculous idea that somehow misinterpretation is the fault of the creator. The quote by the attorney general that "[The device] had a very sinister appearance. It had a battery behind it, and wires." For heavens sake, don't let her inside a Radio Shack. But seriously, we cannot hold accountable people for things that are clearly not intended to instill fear or misinterpretation. We cannot let people who live in irrational fear prevail. We must accept that to truly be free, we must live our lives as though we will not be attacked. By that I mean of course the general public - clearly there needs to be anti-terrorism work done.
Mitt Romney is the antithesis of these thoughts. Not only is he for doubling Guantanamo, but he has said, "Our most basic civil liberty is the right to be kept alive." I can't put it any better than Jon Stewart did: "That will go over great in New Hampshire, where the state motto is Live Free Or...Do Everything You Can To Stay Alive." We cannot let him, or anyone else like him, gain power. Our liberties would be perhaps irrevocably damaged under a person like Romney.
Someone needs to step up. This is infringing on our freedom to live our lives. We must not live in fear. We must not shut down our cities over things that are not likely to be bombs (what terrorist would make bombs conspicuous?). We must safeguard our liberties against fear mongers.
Ironic note: the New Hampshire license plates, on which "Live Free Or Die" is inscribed, are made by prison inmates.
Also, a quiz on this topic.
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