{"id":3000,"date":"2011-09-11T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T16:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2011-09-11T11:12:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T16:12:28","slug":"terrorism-and-tyranny-epigrams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/11\/terrorism-and-tyranny-epigrams\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism and Tyranny Epigrams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the tenth anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks&#8230;<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3034\/2889153688_ba3f4f29a5_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3034\/2889153688_ba3f4f29a5_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some epigrams from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Terrorism-Tyranny-Trampling-Freedom-Justice\/dp\/1403966826\/ref=ed_oe_p\"><strong>Terrorism &amp; Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil<\/strong> <\/a>(Palgrave, 2003):<\/p>\n<p>Nothing happened on 9\/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy.<\/p>\n<p>  The Patriot  Act treats every citizen like a suspected terrorist and every federal agent like a proven angel.<\/p>\n<p>The worse government fails, the less privacy citizens supposedly deserve.<\/p>\n<p> There is no technological magic bullet that will make the government as smart as it is powerful.<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. government is far more efficient at making enemies than at defending Americans.<\/p>\n<p> Killing foreigners is no substitute for protecting Americans.<\/p>\n<p> Perpetual war inevitably begets perpetual repression. It is impossible to destroy all alleged enemies of freedom everywhere without also destroying freedom in the United States.<\/p>\n<p> A lie that is accepted by a sufficient number of ignorant voters becomes a political truth.<\/p>\n<p> Citizens should distrust politicians who distrust freedom.<\/p>\n<p> In the long run, people have more to fear from governments than from terrorists. Terrorists come and go, but power-hungry politicians will always be with us.<\/p>\n<p>Habeas corpus is an insurance policy to prevent governments from going berserk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the tenth anniversary of the 9\/11 attacks&#8230; Here are some epigrams from Terrorism &amp; Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave, 2003): Nothing happened on 9\/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy. 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