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To: epicure who wrote (11117)5/25/2004 9:28:22 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
the rise of global terrorism is partly the result of these interesting variants of *freedom*- then the free countries of the world have been negatively impacted.

Sounds like you're saying terrorism is to a large extent a reactionary movement opposed to the advance of new un-traditional freedoms in mideastern societies - like freedom for women, freedom of religion for all, separation of mosque and state, etc. I agree. You have a point there.
We've seen such a terrorist group before in our own country fighting against advances of other once un-traditional freedoms - the Ku Klux Klan. However, I think we'd all agree that the advance of freedom is the right side of history we ought to be on.

Since the communist countries are *free* their weapons technology and scientists are for sale, and their banks are *free* to launder money for criminals- including many terrorist organizations.

Surely, you're not arguing the fall of Communism was a bad thing and shouldn't have happened? Yes, freedom can be abused and despotic police states can do a good job controlling crime.

But I'd also observe that back in the old days, Soviet scientists and technologists were working on weapons designed expressly to destroy us. Now such scientists have, and in the future will have much more, opportunities for profitable commercial applications of their skills.
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