Read this piece to understand what can happen when you deny part of God’s gift to humanity, intellect.
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Free Speech
This is why I love the internets. Hypocrisy is so easy to find. For the record, I think censorship is too blunt a tool to be effective in dealing with disagreeable ideas. Technorati Tags: free speech
Back to Afghanistan
Some of you may have heard of a country called Afghanistan. The US invaded in 2001 because the country was the home base of Al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The reason we believe AQ moved there is because Afghanistan was considered a failed state, which made it a haven for illegal activities, including planning terrorist attacks. To me the logical response to such a theory is that we should not let another state fail, least of all a state over which we have control.