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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (176952)10/23/2003 8:05:59 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1575424
 
JF, in my opinion, we hardly get any acts of terrorism on our soil because of the threat of swift and terrible retribution. America has a long history of isolationism, and IMO, most of America's enemies would rather force America back to isolationism than confront her directly. It's different in Europe, and I think one reason why there isn't much terrorism in Europe anymore is both the changing demographics and the political leanings, for better or for worse.

Maybe it's that our freedom and self-determination is so seductive to folks that immigrate, that they lose their hatred (???). That's got to be a pollyannish sentiment.

Columbine, The Unabomber, Timothy McVeigh, the anthrax scare, D.C. snipers, etc. We have plenty of homegrown terrorists to worry about. Any Pollyanna can easily be reminded of the evils that come straight from the homeland.

Tenchusatsu
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