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...fight. We could better serve the country by working in labs or running businesses, than by fighting on the front lines. But can 31 percent of the student body really believe that, by virtue of being educated here, our lives are more precious than those of our fellow citizens? Justifications about the supposed value of a Harvard-educated citizen serve only to obfuscate the truth. Supporting war while refusing to fight creates and perpetuates inequality in our society. We think we are too valuable, so instead we send the poor, the uneducated and the disenfranchised...
...Muslim, an American and a citizen of the world, I am deeply repelled and saddened by these barbarous attacks, which hurt all people who value human life, regardless of their background or beliefs. I am also outraged anyone could claim that such cold-blooded and cowardly acts were religious in purpose; they are certainly not sanctioned by Islam. When I drove home from Washington and saw firsthand the devastation at the Pentagon, I could not help crying and wondering what the world was coming to. ATHAR A. PIRZADA Springfield...
...Life expectancy of an Afghan citizen...
...neither of these things will absolve me from my utter failing as an American citizen. The primary duty of democratic citizens is to be cognizant and critical of their government’s policies and actions (critical not meaning unsupportive, but unwilling to accept on blind faith). I don’t have to know the exact battle plans, the sites of surprise attacks before they happen or the locations of secret missile bases. However, the argument that national security prevents my knowledge (and the public’s) of American military action in all cases is highly flawed...
...percent, envisioned a long war with many casualties but with an eventual U.S. victory. On the homefront, Americans strong favor increased vigilance. A full 68 percent favor increased governmental wire-tapping authority, 55 percent favor email monitoring. Sixty-one percent would allow the federal government to jail any non-citizen terrorist suspect without a hearing; 59 percent favor holding suspects without bail for unlimited amounts of time. And 31 percent would allow the internment in camps of Arabs who are U.S. citizens...