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To: SirRealist who wrote (13198)	12/8/2001 11:43:05 AM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>I am concerned that we are not just the world's last superpower but a champion of democratic institutions.> And that is the difference between 1940s and now (when the German infiltrators were tried). Many countries in 1940s were under imperialist rule. For the 60 years from then, so many countries have become independent and struggled to become democracies and stay democratic. The natural tendencies in societies is towards concentration of power in the hands of the few, and "might is right" becomes the practical way of life (as it is in international affairs). It takes a responsible government (with appropriate checks and balances) and responsible and brave citizens to safeguard the liberties. By compromising its civil liberties, US is providing an excuse to rulers/governments all over the world to crack down. New anti-terrorist laws are being considered all over Europe. I know that India is considering a tougher anti-terrorist law. A few months ago, the New York Times Magazine had a front-page story about a Chinese-American professor who was jailed in China because she was suspected to have links with a Chinese dissident. I would be interested about her views of the changes in US treatment of SUSPECTED associates of terrorists. And what else has changed between 1940s (when the German infiltrators were tried by the military tribunals)? I am not very knowledgable about the american civil rights movement. However, didn't black americans have lesser civil rights then? Hasn't our moral compass moved a little bit since then?