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Originally Posted by marty f
Never said I had all the answers, but something has to be done, and what "is" being presented does appeal to me, Stop the ones coming in that are causing problems. Yeah we have home grown, internet, and self proclaimed back yard Jihadists, but we have to start some place because what is in place does not work. Sitting back and saying "that wont work, that wont work. that wont work" you have now become part of the problem, either help or get out of the way
As far as "why isn't Louisiana a peaceful oasis?" I don't know where your at but to me it is a wonderful peaceful oasis, fishing doesn't get any better, and I want to keep it that way! If my son, my fishing buddy gets killed going to the market because of some radical in the name of Allah, yeah my days of peaceful fishing are over.
You don't like what some have offered, and that's your right, but I have answered your question, so answer mine, how do we "Make America SAFE again?"
Why cant we refuse entrance to anyone we please ESPECIALLY ones we think are a risk to the safety to our country. Australia, Germany and the UAE do it (well Germany has lost its mind now)
Not sure where you are seeing terrorism in LA at but the majority of people getting "gunned down in the streets on a daily basis" is daily crime, drug related mostly, sad it is, but not terrorism, theres a difference. The only movie theater shooting I know of in LA wasn't terrorism, It was some kook from AL just driving down I-10 and stopped in Lafayette.
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Are you aware of the contradictions you make or are you just confused?
How can Louisiana be a "wonderful peaceful oasis", but what we're doing "is not working"? We're not stopping all Muslims at the borders. We're not questioning all American Muslim travelers. How is it possible that you seem to be doing just fine? Maybe somebody, somewhere IS doing something to keep us safe.
As far as local terrorism goes, there is no difference between shooting people in a movie theater and blowing up people in an airport. People died. Yet, the State of Louisiana didn't start stopping all transients at the border. Didn't start rounding up and questioning all transients about their comings and goings. Because, you know, what we were doing before was clearly not working. Why not?
Like it or not, we're a nation of laws. Laws that we proclaim should apply to all people equally without regard to sex, race, religion, creed or disability.
While it's acceptable to you, I do not desire to return to a time where our laws allowed us to segregate and castigate entire groups of people on characteristics alone.
What should we do? Just as local law enforcement doesn't round up all people with certain characteristics when a crime is committed, as a nation we need to focus on those committing the crimes. Rather than demonizing entire groups of people. The vast majority of which are not a threat to anyone.
Yes, we need to aggressively root out and destroy those who are determined to destroy us. Let's use all of our resources to directly oppose those who terrorize others without using our own fear to marginalize entire groups of people for no other reason than it appeases the sensibilities of bigots.