Moises P Ramirez
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Moises P Ramirez commented on The Preventative State on January 20, 2008, 5:30 AM
Alan, I believe Richard Rorty (the american pragmatist philosopher) has a better metaphor. He said terrorists are like weather or sismic phenomena. We wouldn't jeopardize our civil rights because of such natural phenomena. We study them and figure out different sorts of preventive measures, but we would never stop having our liberties and rights. Besides, terrorism in action resembles a war. So we should apply war jurisprudence to it, including intelligence and counter-intelligence capacities...
Moises P Ramirez commented on The Preventative State on January 20, 2008, 10:30 AM
Alan,I believe Richard Rorty (the american pragmatist philosopher) has a better metaphor. He said terrorists are like weather or sismic phenomena. We wouldn't jeopardize our civil rights because of such natural phenomena. We study them and figure out different sorts of preventive measures, but we would never stop having our liberties and rights.Besides, terrorism in action resembles a war. So we should apply war jurisprudence to it, including intelligence and counter-intelligence capacities...