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Originally Posted by Bill8
so, in this case you believe in Big Government, and you want government to protect you from all them mud people?
sounds fairly typical. we all want Big Government to protect us from the boogeyman.
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I don't want the government to get involved, but there may be no viable alternative.
What would you do if a large group of people moved into your neighborhood and sought to impose their religious beliefs and laws on you? Now imagine that occurring on a statewide or even regional scale - only the government has the resources to stop / prevent that.
Few people, talking in the U.S., realize how dangerous much of the world is - and serious the threats out there really are...
The 911 terror attacks was a prime example of terror that exists out there waiting to pounce. And that wasn't the first large-scale attempt either - there had been numerous others, such as coordinated attacks on the tunnels in NYC, that fortunately were detected and stopped by government authorities...
Citizens alone don't have the resources to stop most organized terror attacks, let alone prevent them through detection, and in worse case scenarios, preemptive action, such as detention camps.
One of the most basic functions of government is security - and the U.S. government is very aggressive in that regard, often to a fault, but it beats the alternative of allowing large-scale terror attacks go unchallenged.
Ron