MaxedOutMama
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Every American should read this post
I seem to be having a day of delight with dogs and cats. Dingo defends the constitution. Seriously, this is great stuff. Dingo argues against the idea that those practicing a certain religion should be placed under special scrutiny:
Given all the stories I grew up hearing of what happens in police states, I'm playing "defense". Let me ask all the thinking people out there about those Muslims who have been arrested for playing paintball and the like - three years later, where is the news of huge conspiratorial Muslim rings operating within the US? Most Muslims are here in America for the opportunities America holds - here because they want to be, and they want to live here, not die here.
The guys who crashed the plane were outsiders who had been inculcated in a very small, deviant Muslim group. It is enough to deal with people who attempt to commit crimes or conspire to commit crimes or commit crimes. We need to leave religion out of it.
It's reasonable to require a license and a driver's test to drive, but it isn't really reasonable to go out and decide that some people are "irresponsible" based on their philosophy and therefore shouldn't be allowed to drive even though they passed the test, meet licensing requirements, and have caused no accidents. A government that seeks absolutes of any sort - whether absolute physical security, absolute freedom from want, or absolute freedom from impurity - is an invasive, dangerous government.
You are quite wrong. It is not about the security of our country. It is caving into fear. It is about giving up our freedom. It is about letting the terrorist win. It is about trampling on the Bill of Rights. It is about disrespecting every person who has ever died in defense of our nation. It is about forgetting our foundations and who we are. Why would you want to live in a police state where Freedom of Religion is no longer respected?From an earlier post:
When you give away the freedoms of another American so you can feel safer, you give up being an American because you have given away her soul.Making no law to "establish" religion means that Congress can make no law to proscribe religion either. It's all or nothing, folks. The responsibility and insecurity is ours. We defend our inheritance, or lose it.
Given all the stories I grew up hearing of what happens in police states, I'm playing "defense". Let me ask all the thinking people out there about those Muslims who have been arrested for playing paintball and the like - three years later, where is the news of huge conspiratorial Muslim rings operating within the US? Most Muslims are here in America for the opportunities America holds - here because they want to be, and they want to live here, not die here.
The guys who crashed the plane were outsiders who had been inculcated in a very small, deviant Muslim group. It is enough to deal with people who attempt to commit crimes or conspire to commit crimes or commit crimes. We need to leave religion out of it.
It's reasonable to require a license and a driver's test to drive, but it isn't really reasonable to go out and decide that some people are "irresponsible" based on their philosophy and therefore shouldn't be allowed to drive even though they passed the test, meet licensing requirements, and have caused no accidents. A government that seeks absolutes of any sort - whether absolute physical security, absolute freedom from want, or absolute freedom from impurity - is an invasive, dangerous government.
Comments:
<< Home
Thanks for the compliment. You run quite a good blog yourself. I came accross your blog on blogexplosions and it has been bookmarked ever since.
You and Dingo have hit it on the head.....Most muslims here are "westernized". And as long as they are here legally, (and this goes for anyone from any country) they should be afforded all the rights and responsibilities of a natural born citizen. Except voting. They have to wait until they are naturalized of course. (I had to put that bit about voting in lest the comment befor it gets taken out of context)
Post a Comment
<< Home
