Why America is in danger
Student Arrested After Cutting Food With Knife…
Iran indicates it is building another nuclear plant
When we charge 10 year olds with felonies for using kitchen utensils but can’t seem to figure out what to do about maniacal Islamic regimes seeking nuclear weapons we are in trouble as a society.
Fear and control
The left likes to argue that the Bush administration has engaged in ’scaremongering’ in order to rush into war in Afghanistan, Iraq, and soon Iran, but encouraging people to confront a threat rather than ignore it is not scaremongering; if it is a true threat.
The argument that a call to action amounts to fearmongering is
When a society seeks to enforce ‘zero tolerance’ over those who pose no threat and refuse to confront those who pose the ultimate threat that society is sowing the seeds of its own destruction.
If we as a society cannot bear to allow anyone to act outside of a narrow definition of ‘danger’ then we are doomed to strain at gnats and swallow camels.
Self-defense, The 2nd amendment, and The nanny state
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Shoved into the internet 'tubes' on December 27, 2007, by Hegemonic Pundit,
under the following categories: hegemony
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