Archive for May 1st, 2003

May 1st, 2003

The Fallacy of “Liberty vs. Security”

One more thing I’d like to address is the fallacy of "security vs. liberty" — the notion that our choice is between having a Nazi-like police state and a wild, free-for-all, hedonistic orgy/looting spree. The truth of the matter is that there is no dichotomy between liberty and security, and we cannot have one without […]

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May 1st, 2003

What happened to all the terrorists?

Thanks to Hootinan for this story on the State Department’s report that deaths due to terrorism are down from 3,300 in 2001 to "only" 725 in 2002, the lowest in more than 30 years. I can already imagine the spin conservatives and liberals are going to give to this story.Conservative: "This shows the effectiveness of […]

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