Question: How will this age be remembered?
Alan Dershowitz: This is a transitional age. We don’t know whether or not we’ll be able to survive these new threats of mega-terrorism by people who don’t care whether they live or die.
I suspect we will see some acts of massive terrorism. And the question is, can we strike the appropriate balance? Can we do whatever we can do to stop terrorism – it won’t be perfect and there will be terrorism; don’t expect 100 percent – while at the same time not diminishing civil liberties? There will be some diminishing in civil liberties. There’ll be some terrorism. But how to strike that appropriate balance?
Recorded On: June 12, 2007
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Timothy Monicken on January 18, 2008, 4:37 PM
For my group, the question comes down to reaching a "critical mass" of "gray matter" in due time… we ARE "under the gun" so to speak as a species. In our view, humankind will either choose to become ever-the-more locked into their infantile cultural skirmishes, or throw off the insidious, cultural entrenchments that violate the humanity's ecologies and sanctity of the human spirit. Freedom from war SHOULD be an inalienable human right… at very least, we should not have to fear physical retributions from within our own species. You may want to glance on what I've said to the others who have addressed this question. In short, we all have seen the 'enemy,' and we are it! Time for us to rethink our thinking… hone our intellectual practices and become reliable BS detectors!
Timothy Monicken on January 18, 2008, 9:37 PM
For my group, the question comes down to reaching a “critical mass” of “gray matter” in due time… we ARE “under the gun” so to speak as a species. In our view, humankind will either choose to become ever-the-more locked into their infantile cultural skirmishes, or throw off the insidious, cultural entrenchments that violate the humanity’s ecologies and sanctity of the human spirit. Freedom from war SHOULD be an inalienable human right… at very least, we should not have to fear physical retributions from within our own species. You may want to glance on what I’ve said to the others who have addressed this question. In short, we all have seen the ‘enemy,’ and we are it! Time for us to rethink our thinking… hone our intellectual practices and become reliable BS detectors!
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