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The Freedom Factor
Instapundit linked up this Harvard Gazette article that makes an interesting claim... terrorism doesn't seem to be caused by poverty, but instead by a certain level of political freedom. Too little, and nascent terrorists are turned in to the secret police by their landlady. Too much, and would-be bombers simply form their own party. According to the study, it's countries that are transitioning from one to the other where terrorism has the best opportunity to take hold.
Hi,
I thought you might like to check out this site that features paintings made by my father, Robert Shetterly: www.americanswhotellthetruth.org . It depicts people who fought for freedoms in the U.S. and helps us to remember that we can speak truth to power. Here's a great example of one of the portrait quotes: James Baldwin: “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster.”
Aran
Posted by: aran shetterly on November 9, 2004 05:16 PM