nbruce writes ““The Enemy Within: Terror in America – 1776 to Today , the only museum exhibit to provide historic perspective on acts of terror that have taken place on American soil, opened 6 May 2004 as the International Spy Museum’s first special exhibit.
The Enemy Within will reveal nine major events and periods in U.S. History when Americans were threatened by enemies within its borders: depicting how the government and public responded, illustrating the corresponding evolution of U.S. counterintelligence and homeland security efforts, and examining the challenge of securing the nation without compromising the civil liberties upon which it was founded.�
Sounds like a useful exhibit for librarians who might need to brush up their terrorism knowledge–to be more vocal about the Patriot Act, of course. Full press release.
Includes a timeline that “traces over 80 acts of terror that have taken place in the U.S. from the 1776 to today, including the Revolutionary War plot to kidnap George Washington, the events of Bloody Kansas prior to the Civil War, John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, 1960s Church bombings in the South , and the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.â€?
The company that organized the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland developed it, and it was designed and managed by Kathleen Coakley a Clevelander who has a public arts background.”
Violence at home
On this subject, check out San Francisco cartoonist Mark Fiore’s website about our nations love affair with guns. Click on “homegrown”.
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Birdie – Help me here.
I assume you support Mark Fiore’s position? His cartooning leaves little question about his affection for the Second Amendment. This is fine. Nonetheless the right to keep a firearm is a civil right explicitly granted within the Bill of Rights.
My question. How can a Patriot Act detractor concerned about potential civil rights ramifications, justifiy, as a matter of civil liberties, the removal or restriction of rights granted under the Second Amendment?
Please, if this doesn’t represent your viewpoint then ignore the question. Just curious.
A “missing” terrorist act.
Conspicuous by absence is the longest, most devastating terrorist act perpetrated on our country. A highly organized group called “The Confederate States of America” murdered hundreds of thousands of people, caused multimillion dollar property damage, and assassinated the President of the United States. They still have their apologists, one being the current Attorney General of the United States, who has written defenses of the group in quasi-academic journals.
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There are rights, and there are abuses of those rights. I’m not anti-gun, per se, I’m anti gun VIOLENCE. In our country, more than any other place on earth, guns end up unlawfully in the hands of citizens who use them to commit crimes.
Does that help tomeboy?
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Thanks for answering Birdie.