12-09-2015, 06:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-09-2015, 06:06 PM by Psychospacecow.)
The thing is, you're not going about it in a reasonable manner. This is a terrorist organization, not unlike the KKK, not unlike the IRA. We don't make widespread assumptions because of one small loud group in a much larger one.
The IRA had a history of getting its weapons from Libya. Do you target muslims because of Gahhafi's regime? No, you don't because that's stupid, and blindly presumptuous. The KKK used burning symbols of crosses to send fear into the masses. Do you try and ban all Christians? No, that's stupid and blindly presumptuous. Do you ban Judaism because Yigal Amir exists? No, that's stupid and blindly presumptuous.
The Alien and Sedition acts are a failure of this nation's history. They were used to force naturalization law in a nation of immigrants and gut dissenting parties.
The same goes for the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
The same goes for the Jacksonian era forced migrations of Indian people.
The same goes for Japanese internment during world war 2, when many of the people subjected to it were born in the United States.
The failings of this nation's past cannot justify their repeat. This is a nation that was founded on concepts such as slavery, which we cannibalized ourselves over. My Great Grandmother who died earlier this year was an adult woman before the concept of women voting was even in the legal system.
What is proposed here is unnecessary, xenophobic, blind to presumption, and a failing if ever it happens.
The Patriot Act, enacted in 2001, has been used to suppress and force dissenters to "disappear" only to be found a decade later in Guantanamo. That is still in effect and will continue until at least 2019.
Don't punish the innocents of Syria, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Malaysia, Russia and many more. This is a nation with the very concept of freedom of speech and religious freedom ingrained in its Bill of Rights. Don't forget that.
The IRA had a history of getting its weapons from Libya. Do you target muslims because of Gahhafi's regime? No, you don't because that's stupid, and blindly presumptuous. The KKK used burning symbols of crosses to send fear into the masses. Do you try and ban all Christians? No, that's stupid and blindly presumptuous. Do you ban Judaism because Yigal Amir exists? No, that's stupid and blindly presumptuous.
The Alien and Sedition acts are a failure of this nation's history. They were used to force naturalization law in a nation of immigrants and gut dissenting parties.
The same goes for the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
The same goes for the Jacksonian era forced migrations of Indian people.
The same goes for Japanese internment during world war 2, when many of the people subjected to it were born in the United States.
The failings of this nation's past cannot justify their repeat. This is a nation that was founded on concepts such as slavery, which we cannibalized ourselves over. My Great Grandmother who died earlier this year was an adult woman before the concept of women voting was even in the legal system.
What is proposed here is unnecessary, xenophobic, blind to presumption, and a failing if ever it happens.
The Patriot Act, enacted in 2001, has been used to suppress and force dissenters to "disappear" only to be found a decade later in Guantanamo. That is still in effect and will continue until at least 2019.
Don't punish the innocents of Syria, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Malaysia, Russia and many more. This is a nation with the very concept of freedom of speech and religious freedom ingrained in its Bill of Rights. Don't forget that.