Fear and Terrorism
Fear is everywhere and so often for some things we are able to take out insurance. In fact, insurance companies make money because they provide services that reduce our fear of catastrophes taking place that would make our living most uncomfortable.
Terrorism has now come into our daily lives though it is not as apparent here in Canada as it can be witnessed in the United States. Yes, those of us who fly have experienced long delays that have been caused by security measures that came into play after 9/11. As to insurance payments to reduce our stress from losses due to potential terrorism are not readily present, it takes little thinking to realize that the governments and airlines have imposed direct and indirect taxes on the traveling public as well as the expenses associated with additional security for the protection of public buildings. So much has changed in our society since 9/11.
The Canadian military has been involved in Afghanistan as a measure to stamp out international terrorism. We have gone through a spell of “support our troops” and if unwilling to hop on that bandwagon, one would be accused of being unpatriotic. There are some Canadians who say that they do not want any harm to come to our Canadian military personnel and they wish that no casualties would ever take place. To be realistic, there will be members of our military who will be numbered among the dead and injured. That is the history of our fighting personnel. It is their way of life, a life of living in danger. In fact those who are in danger because of physical location outside of Canada are awarded additional wages called “danger pay”.
To return to the “support our troops”, many Canadians do but they are not willing to support the government in its military objective of being in Afghanistan or, in particular, to extend the time that our forces would be there. This is not unpatriotic; it is a simple expression of how Canadians feel and with our sense of freedom, we can express our desires and interests.
Some Canadians would say that the Canadian Government should look into our own affairs and clean up our acts that relate to poverty, medical care, the treatment of our Aboriginal peoples and our homeless. The list could go on but there is a clear enough statement of our own problems and therefore why should Canada be spending money and sacrificing the lives of our Canadian personnel to solve the problems of peoples in other parts of the world?
We in Canada have been subjected to our own “state terrorism” when we can not obtain necessary health care services or see our homeless peoples on our streets which is particularly disturbing during our long cold nights of sub-zero weather.
Bring our troops home. Provide better health services. These are activities that politicians should endorse and make promises during elections that they will keep while in office.
Potential terrorism will always be with us. The Bin Ladens of the world will be with us for many years to come. We will be subjected to increased taxes, inconveniences during travels and some levels of fear. We will see people suffering the results of terrorist attacks. Perhaps we should try to understand why we are being subjected to terrorism or the threats of terrorism and do something to get at the root of the problem and do those things that are required to make our world healthier and happier.
Terrorism has now come into our daily lives though it is not as apparent here in Canada as it can be witnessed in the United States. Yes, those of us who fly have experienced long delays that have been caused by security measures that came into play after 9/11. As to insurance payments to reduce our stress from losses due to potential terrorism are not readily present, it takes little thinking to realize that the governments and airlines have imposed direct and indirect taxes on the traveling public as well as the expenses associated with additional security for the protection of public buildings. So much has changed in our society since 9/11.
The Canadian military has been involved in Afghanistan as a measure to stamp out international terrorism. We have gone through a spell of “support our troops” and if unwilling to hop on that bandwagon, one would be accused of being unpatriotic. There are some Canadians who say that they do not want any harm to come to our Canadian military personnel and they wish that no casualties would ever take place. To be realistic, there will be members of our military who will be numbered among the dead and injured. That is the history of our fighting personnel. It is their way of life, a life of living in danger. In fact those who are in danger because of physical location outside of Canada are awarded additional wages called “danger pay”.
To return to the “support our troops”, many Canadians do but they are not willing to support the government in its military objective of being in Afghanistan or, in particular, to extend the time that our forces would be there. This is not unpatriotic; it is a simple expression of how Canadians feel and with our sense of freedom, we can express our desires and interests.
Some Canadians would say that the Canadian Government should look into our own affairs and clean up our acts that relate to poverty, medical care, the treatment of our Aboriginal peoples and our homeless. The list could go on but there is a clear enough statement of our own problems and therefore why should Canada be spending money and sacrificing the lives of our Canadian personnel to solve the problems of peoples in other parts of the world?
We in Canada have been subjected to our own “state terrorism” when we can not obtain necessary health care services or see our homeless peoples on our streets which is particularly disturbing during our long cold nights of sub-zero weather.
Bring our troops home. Provide better health services. These are activities that politicians should endorse and make promises during elections that they will keep while in office.
Potential terrorism will always be with us. The Bin Ladens of the world will be with us for many years to come. We will be subjected to increased taxes, inconveniences during travels and some levels of fear. We will see people suffering the results of terrorist attacks. Perhaps we should try to understand why we are being subjected to terrorism or the threats of terrorism and do something to get at the root of the problem and do those things that are required to make our world healthier and happier.
posted by croweagle at
10:43 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home