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Originally Posted by dc_dux
will, IMO, its much more than that.
Something has become ingrained in the American psyche (or at least a signficant minority of Americans) that it is acceptable to ignore the Constitution and basic human rights for the sake of "protecting the homeland" from threats, real or imagined.
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Group think, yes. But if people are singled out and have it explained to them, I believe that most would be able to make an informed and ultimately correct decision regarding torture.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
IMO, that is a far greater danger than terrorist.
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Is it wrong that sometimes I just want to shake this country like I was a British nanny? Between a majority of my countrymen believing that the Earth is 6000 years old and this bizarre and irrational fear of "terrorists", I do feel like hijacking a national news feed and reading this country the riot act.