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Well, I promised that this blog would be more than just a personal diary for people to read so I am waxing philosophical for a moment and, for lack of a better word, ranting.
Following the attack on the London metro system, the world seems to have fallen back into the post9/11 frenzy that gripped the country for a year or two. I am referring, of course, to the innocent shot in the London subway last week. The death of Jean Charles de Menezes, a 27 year old electrician from Gonzaga, Brazil, can be blamed entirely on the heightened state of fear created by the new outbreak of British terrorist attacks. London police have claimed that the officer who fired was simply following procedure but I have my doubts. Gary Younge, a British reporter/editor, agrees saying after the shooing of Menezes, "we are left with one man dead, nobody safe, and everybody sorry." In the US, New Yorkers are being put through added security measures just to get on the subway. The cycle of fear that terrorists cause has begun again and shows no sign of stopping.
Over spring break this year, I visited my grandmother in DC. She is in a care facility near DC proper. My aunt works with the US Mint and so while I was there, I visited the building where my aunt works. Because it is a government building, I was forced to go through a security screening because I wasn't an employee. This was only the beginning. While in DC, I was forced to stand in 20 security lines, my backpack was searched 8 times, and I went through in excess of 35 metal detector arches; including having to wait for 15 minuets to get into a comedy show being held at the Regan Center. A comedy show! All of this was during a lull in the chaos of terrorist attacks. I can only imagine what extra precautions were put into place when they raised the terror alert color.
A lot of me wonders what will happen when the Terror Alert system hits red. Will we be confined to our homes while our nation's leaders huddle in bomb shelters? Just over 60 years ago, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor sent thousands of Japanese US citizens into concentration camps. How long will it be before we begin imprisoning Muslims on a national scale? I realize that nothing here is original or new and shiny but I felt the need to rant a bit so deal with it.
Muah!
Lyrinoir
Following the attack on the London metro system, the world seems to have fallen back into the post9/11 frenzy that gripped the country for a year or two. I am referring, of course, to the innocent shot in the London subway last week. The death of Jean Charles de Menezes, a 27 year old electrician from Gonzaga, Brazil, can be blamed entirely on the heightened state of fear created by the new outbreak of British terrorist attacks. London police have claimed that the officer who fired was simply following procedure but I have my doubts. Gary Younge, a British reporter/editor, agrees saying after the shooing of Menezes, "we are left with one man dead, nobody safe, and everybody sorry." In the US, New Yorkers are being put through added security measures just to get on the subway. The cycle of fear that terrorists cause has begun again and shows no sign of stopping.
Over spring break this year, I visited my grandmother in DC. She is in a care facility near DC proper. My aunt works with the US Mint and so while I was there, I visited the building where my aunt works. Because it is a government building, I was forced to go through a security screening because I wasn't an employee. This was only the beginning. While in DC, I was forced to stand in 20 security lines, my backpack was searched 8 times, and I went through in excess of 35 metal detector arches; including having to wait for 15 minuets to get into a comedy show being held at the Regan Center. A comedy show! All of this was during a lull in the chaos of terrorist attacks. I can only imagine what extra precautions were put into place when they raised the terror alert color.
A lot of me wonders what will happen when the Terror Alert system hits red. Will we be confined to our homes while our nation's leaders huddle in bomb shelters? Just over 60 years ago, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor sent thousands of Japanese US citizens into concentration camps. How long will it be before we begin imprisoning Muslims on a national scale? I realize that nothing here is original or new and shiny but I felt the need to rant a bit so deal with it.
Muah!
Lyrinoir
posted by Lyrinoir at 2:30 PM
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