[antimedia] antimedia: This is the kind of ignorance....

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This is the kind of ignorance....
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   ....that [1]infects Europe.

     He said: "London is not a battlefield. Those innocents who were
     murdered on July 7 2005 were not victims of war. And the men who
     killed them were not, as in their vanity they claimed on their
     ludicrous videos, 'soldiers'. They were deluded, narcissistic
     inadequates. They were criminals. They were fantasists. We need to
     be very clear about this. On the streets of London, there is no
     such thing as a 'war on terror', just as there can be no such thing
     as a 'war on drugs'.
     "The fight against terrorism on the streets of Britain is not a
     war. It is the prevention of crime, the enforcement of our laws and
     the winning of justice for those damaged by their infringement."

   So many fallacies. So little time.
   Of course the fight in Britain isn't a war. Not yet, anyway. Liberals
   like Red Ken always seem to assume that, in a country where the rule
   of law is respected, the rule of law will always be respected. They
   ignore the fact that for a country to be ruled by laws, the vast
   majority of its citizens must respect and obey the law. Take away that
   foundation, and the rule of law becomes a cruel joke at the expense of
   the law-abiding citizens.
   The fact that the full intensity of the war on terror hasn't yet
   reached London does not prove that the war on terror is wrong or that
   it's not a war. It merely points out that different methods are needed
   when different circumstances present themselves. (Oddly enough, that's
   precisely what President Bush has been saying [2]from the very
   beginning.)
   Furthermore, saying that the war on terror hasn't reached the streets
   of London is incredibly naive. It's a bit like saying, in 1939, that
   the Germans haven't attacked us yet, therefore we're not at war. If
   you wait until they do reach London, then you can count on several
   things; your casualties will be much higher, more innocent civilians
   will die, your economy will be destroyed or seriously damaged and the
   enemy will be more emboldened.
   You can ignore the lessons of the past, if you choose, but don't
   expect the world to thank you or remember you with respect. There is a
   reason [3]Neville Chamberlain is forever linked with appeasement and
   [4]Vidkun Quisling inspired a neologism that is still used today.

References

   1. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/on_the_war_on_t.html
   2. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020129-11.html
   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain
   4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling