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Originally posted by smooth
Since you couldn't figure this out on your own, I'll help you out: there are other terrorists besides those responsible for the Sept. 11 devestation.
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The fact that there are others, is sort of the entire point behind attempting to stop them. If you think that other terrorists are not going to try to "top" the 9/11 attack, you are sorely mistaken. The bar has been raised, and I would rather not see thousands more of our citizens die in an attack by terrorists.
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Originally posted by smooth
Those "unknown" terrorists are the ones Ashcroft is claiming to be protecting the US from; and those terrorists seem to be a lesser threat than Ashcroft's policies to some people.
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What is more important to you, the "feelings" of recent immigrants who are under suspicion, or national security and the lives of people who were born and raised here? If
temporary suspension of certain rights of certain citizens is necessary to ensure that thousands more don't die, so be it. The chief function of government should be to secure the nation, not to make sure no one's feelings are hurt in the process.