After the September 11 th terrorist attacks on the United States, the U. S. government and its citizens need to consider all the necessary measures to insure homeland security by expelling all possible terrorists and terroristic groups from our country. Anti-terrorism measures can be a useful tool for sparking many U. S. citizens with patriotism and ethnic pride.
By punishing terrorists and terrorist groups, it makes an example out of terrorists and will hopefully prevent terrorism in the future. Since this type of anti-terrorism action can sometimes inflict upon people’s civil rights, it’s important to ignore these petty freedoms temporarily for the greater good of the country; insuring national security. Measures of anti-terrorism are not only keeping our nation safe, they ” re an ideal way for citizens to display their patriotism and ethnic pride. A new bill, with a rather fitting name, has been passed in congress in order to crack down on terrorism.
“The Patriot Act, as Bush puts it, will give intelligence and law enforcement officials new tools to fight a present danger.” (Collins, 1).
Such legislature as this is sure to bring out the best of American’s white Christian population. Surely it will be easier to spot those nasty terrorists as the ones showing the least patriotic enthusiasm. What’s that? You don’t have an American flag on your car? You ” re of Islamic descent? Why then you must be a terrorist! Anti-terrorism techniques are tools to insure such terroristic acts will never happen again. Showing terrorists no mercy today will instill fear in any possible future terrorists. Proof of this fact lies in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Essay on World Terrorist Terrorism Benjamin
Problems are occurring all over the world for many different reasons and its up to the people to make a stand for what they believe in. Everyday Politics are on demand for making decisions on whats right and whats wrong, and fixing a problem as it gets worse is what the U. S. has to face. After the event that occurred on September 11 th it had forever changed the world. However the fact of the ...
After the Japanese attack, Japanese-Americans were heavily discriminated against and sometimes forced into internment camps. “The ‘sense of panic’ people felt ‘became racialize d.’ Rumors spread that Japanese Americans were working with the Japanese Navy.” (Wu, 1).
Certainly this action brought fear to Japanese-Americans and discouraged them from speaking out against the U. S. The civil rights issues that are usually brought up at times like these should be temporarily pushed aside in an attempt to seek out the true terrorists.
Perhaps in anti-terrorism measures some people will be wrongly accused or have their rights violated. In making sure our airports remain free of terrorists, certain people will need to be stopped and searched. Considering the stereotypical profile of a terrorist, it makes perfect sense to stop and question more Arab men than six-year old girls. Walter C. Wright shares the same opinion in his essay Fair Profiling. “In my opinion, federal officials responsible for airport security should focus on security, and not be overly concerned about the political correctness of ‘profiling.’ ” (Wright, 1) So maybe a few people will be offended.
So what! You have to ask yourself what is more important, a safe country free from terrorism, or a few sissy civil rights. Whoever is so enlightened as to read this inspiring piece of patriotic writing needs to act now. Right now there are thousands of potential terrorists in our country plotting their next attack. I urge the general public to start displaying their true patriotism; even if it might come at the cost of blatant, random, accusations, mild racism, or a bit of anti-semitism. It is up to the liberal thinkers of our age to fight this war on terrorism! Will you be one of them?
