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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
We can do even more damage to ourselves. They can't force us to abandon key principles of our legal system like habeas corpus or to torture people -- those wounds are self-inflicted.
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That's a problem for all democracies fighting terrorism. The natural fear and reaction to attacks leads to strong measures, including curtailing civil rights/freedom to some extent, in the name of security.
The British faced that issue, and had a similar response, in the long battle against the IRA. [And their Lord Chancellor (?) reecently issued a friendly warning to the U.S. not to make the same mistakes Britain did.]
That said, England has survived, although they're not exactly the same as before, and I figure we will too -- especially so long as we have lots of folks who care enough to push back on these issues.
S_A_M
