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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 03:59:58 GMT, Jose
wrote: Actually, first somebody else wrote: If those Muslims who are aware of terrorists in their midst were to inform on them... Then Jose said: Didn't communist China do this some years back? This kind of thing can be useful if it is appropriately contained, but it's hard to say where it should stop. Try England under the later Tudors. Denunciation and Star Chamber trial. Then the headsman. Or France under the Reign of Terror. Or Germany in the twentieth century. And France and Poland, and in fact, damn near everywhere except (for the most part) Holland and Denmark. Your next-door neighbor is often happy to denounce you if there's a chance of picking up your land. You know who resisted the temptation? Our parents and grandparents. There is story after story about Euro-americans looking after the property of Japanese internees during the war and returning their homes and business to them after it was over. I'd like to hope that the current generation has the same scruples, but I'd rather not have to find out. Don |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:48:16 GMT, Don Tuite
wrote in :: On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 03:59:58 GMT, Jose wrote: Actually, first somebody else wrote: If those Muslims who are aware of terrorists in their midst were to inform on them... Then Jose said: Didn't communist China do this some years back? This kind of thing can be useful if it is appropriately contained, but it's hard to say where it should stop. Try England under the later Tudors. Denunciation and Star Chamber trial. Then the headsman. Or France under the Reign of Terror. Or Germany in the twentieth century. And France and Poland, and in fact, damn near everywhere except (for the most part) Holland and Denmark. Your next-door neighbor is often happy to denounce you if there's a chance of picking up your land. You know who resisted the temptation? Our parents and grandparents. There is story after story about Euro-americans looking after the property of Japanese internees during the war and returning their homes and business to them after it was over. I'd like to hope that the current generation has the same scruples, but I'd rather not have to find out. Don Thanks for the information. If exposing the evil in their midst is so fraught with possible abuse, what do you propose to assist in quelling terrorist activities? |
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