Me, as Boo from the movie, Monsters Inc.
Thing of it is... hopefully, I won't ever be detained, under S 1867 of the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate voted 93-7 to pass. They say detainees can be released, eventually.... when there's no more war on terror.
Terror is a vague a term. Presently, it's Muslim extremists we're terrified of. As long as there are people who feel the need to fight for something and can't afford to raise an army, there will be terrorists. Our country was won, from the British with guerrilla warfare and terrorist acts. Terror strikes fear. It's meant to. When humans don't have enough force - we use fear. Not that I'm okay with that. Just stating a fact.
Terror is a very vague term. Lawyers love vague terminology - vague is pliable, slippery slope-ish and holes are bound to appear... And the majority of the people who represent us, in government, are lawyers.
Question is, who might we be afraid of - feel terrorized by - five or ten years from now? Six months or a year from now? Who might it be if any one of the current GOP candidates - who seem to fear a lot of things - wind up in the white house?
I've read arguments, pro and con. What it amounts to, to me, is that the majority of the Senate says, declaring wars on vague, scary and potentially dangerous things that don't have defined borders is a-okay. So,a war on terror amounts to - to me - keeping this country, in a state of fear, for the purpose of underhandedly continuing to feed the military-law enforcement, corporate/industrial machine.
Due process, in the context of the United States, refers to how and why laws are enforced. It applies to - rather should continue to apply to - all persons, citizen or alien, as well as to corporations. Due process should remain a right - and not become a privilege.
Do You Qualify as a Domestic Terrorist?
A few weeks ago Bernard von NotHaus, purveyor of the gold/silver backed “Liberty Dollar”, was convicted on numerous charges including making, possessing, and selling his own coins, as well as conspiracy against the United States. Western District of North Carolina US attorney Anne Tompkins issued a Department of Justice press release that should raise blaring, high decibel sirens across the entire Union:
Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism, U.S. Attorney Tompkins said in announcing the verdict. While these forms of anti-government activities do not involve violence, they are every bit as insidious and represent a clear and present danger to the economic stability of this country, she added. We are determined to meet these threats through infiltration, disruption, and dismantling of organizations which seek to challenge the legitimacy of our democratic form of government.
The definitions for what is or is not a “terrorist” are ambiguous as defined by the Patriot Act, and have been progressively, hastily and secretively expanded over the course of the last decade. A “terrorist,” it seems, is now anyone who actively engages in an activity – whether it’s violent, peaceful, public or private – perceived to threaten the legitimacy and/or stability of our government.
An eighteen year veteran of law enforcement recently published an article at James Rawles’ Survival Blog detailing how perceptions in law enforcement are being molded to fit the new paradigm. The use of the term “terrorist” to describe a wide variety of crimes, and more alarmingly, the passive behaviors of those who intend to do no harm to the government or the public, is being injected into the broader consciousness and everyday semantics of the American people. Read more: SHTFplan
In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won. ~Miyamoto Musashi
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