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Personally, I would like it if we would find out who did this, and bring them to a fair trial somewhere. That would be a legal way of solving this that would not involve actions to which the enemies, whoever they are, could retaliate to.
However, I am aware that this was a terrorist action. Though terrorist actions are reasonably infrequent and small in the United States usually, other countries have much more frequent attacks. If the United States does not retaliate in some form, it will look as if there is no down side [to a terrorist, mind you] to going out and attacking. If we do not retaliate, we would open ourselves up to much larger possible problems. Also, Bush has already announced he will go after whoever did this.
Since there will be a retaliation from the United States at some point, it is my hope that we will be quite careful in what we do. Despite the fact we have NATO behind us, I think a war would be risky, especially since [according to an article from MSNBC"On Tuesday, a senior U.S. official told MSNBC.com that "no option has been taken off the table." Asked if that included nuclear weapons, one senior official said: "I said no option is out of the question. That's precisely what I mean."
"] the possibility of a nuclear retaliation has not yet ruled out. I am aware many of our officials have been speaking out of hurt for loved ones, out of anger, and most importantly out of terror. To act out of terror or anger would be quite dangerous, for inside intense emotions people are not usually at their most rational.
Bush and many others have already previously said to Afghanistan that if while they were harboring Osama bin Laden he caused trouble they [the US] would consider it an *act of war* from Afghanistan. Think about that. An act of war.
One strong concern about war for me is that, as like many others, I have many friends of drafting age who I would like to see alive for quite some time thank you very much should drafting come into consideration again. Most importantly though, I don't like the possibility of a war now. As we know, technology has reached such a place that a world war [which is what a war would most likely turn into, as we have NATO's support since they invoked Article 5] has the potential to be quite deadly for, well, the entire world. If people were to start biological or nuclear weapons, all hell would break loose not just on humanity but on the ecosystem. Needless to say, I do not support a war.
I find it interesting that the US has changed policy regarding terrorist actions when Bush said last night "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who commit these acts and those who harbor them." In the past the US has done more of what I'd like here, they've tried to take terrorists to court.
It will be interesting seeing how everything unfolds. Let us hope it does so as peacefully as possible.
I personaly think that this isn't the right solution. If the music being played was mine, I think I wouldn't like the idea that, sure, maybe I was getting some small amount of money, but I had to have *adds* attached. What if the artist was known for, say, being an avid vegitarian, and then the add that happened to be attached was one of those "Beef: it's what's for dinner" adds.
I just think that as an artist, I would feel like my art was being butchered. If I was famous, I'd be getting enough money already so that it wouldn't matter all that much. If I wasn't that famous, I think I'd be to glad for the publicity normal mp3s give me to worry to much about a little extra money. That's just my opinion though.
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However, I am aware that this was a terrorist action. Though terrorist actions are reasonably infrequent and small in the United States usually, other countries have much more frequent attacks. If the United States does not retaliate in some form, it will look as if there is no down side [to a terrorist, mind you] to going out and attacking. If we do not retaliate, we would open ourselves up to much larger possible problems. Also, Bush has already announced he will go after whoever did this.
Since there will be a retaliation from the United States at some point, it is my hope that we will be quite careful in what we do. Despite the fact we have NATO behind us, I think a war would be risky, especially since [according to an article from MSNBC"On Tuesday, a senior U.S. official told MSNBC.com that "no option has been taken off the table." Asked if that included nuclear weapons, one senior official said: "I said no option is out of the question. That's precisely what I mean." "] the possibility of a nuclear retaliation has not yet ruled out. I am aware many of our officials have been speaking out of hurt for loved ones, out of anger, and most importantly out of terror. To act out of terror or anger would be quite dangerous, for inside intense emotions people are not usually at their most rational.
Bush and many others have already previously said to Afghanistan that if while they were harboring Osama bin Laden he caused trouble they [the US] would consider it an *act of war* from Afghanistan. Think about that. An act of war.
One strong concern about war for me is that, as like many others, I have many friends of drafting age who I would like to see alive for quite some time thank you very much should drafting come into consideration again. Most importantly though, I don't like the possibility of a war now. As we know, technology has reached such a place that a world war [which is what a war would most likely turn into, as we have NATO's support since they invoked Article 5] has the potential to be quite deadly for, well, the entire world. If people were to start biological or nuclear weapons, all hell would break loose not just on humanity but on the ecosystem. Needless to say, I do not support a war.
I find it interesting that the US has changed policy regarding terrorist actions when Bush said last night "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who commit these acts and those who harbor them." In the past the US has done more of what I'd like here, they've tried to take terrorists to court.
It will be interesting seeing how everything unfolds. Let us hope it does so as peacefully as possible.
I just think that as an artist, I would feel like my art was being butchered. If I was famous, I'd be getting enough money already so that it wouldn't matter all that much. If I wasn't that famous, I think I'd be to glad for the publicity normal mp3s give me to worry to much about a little extra money. That's just my opinion though.
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