Terror Attacks and Controlling America

The thing I hate most about terrorism is that it turns our nation into a nation with less freedom. For example, before 9/11, we didn't need six different forms of ID to open a bank account or we didn't need to have one million pieces of info on us at all times. Not only that, we also didn't have to get all our bags checked on a plane. Now, because of another foiled terror plot, we can no longer bring any beverages on a plane. What the fuck? Beverages. Just because a couple of assholes who hate our country wanted to blow up a few planes, we all can't bring anything liquid on the plane. What the hell is that shit? It's not like I want to blow up a plane. They want to create the illusion of security. The illusion. They want people to feel safe when safety is never the case. I hate how people try and justify the removals of our freedom. "The terrorists could attack again." Yeah, and? If they do, we'll just ignore it. See what they do then. If they start to realize that they don't make us scared, they'll have no motive to attack us anymore. If we forgive them for the attacks, what will they do then? Will they feel compelled to attack again and again and again? Or will it get old and they'll just give up. We're so hooked on the rush of getting revenge in this country. What they have to realize is that forgiveness is really self-forgiveness and just forgive anything that happens to you or your country. If people all acted this way, there would be no reason for war or terrorism. Why is there so much hate in the world? It's all caused by ignorance. People don't understand or don't know, so they react violently. Just as a kid who doesn't understand a math problem in Pre-CAl might yell and scream. But it's just the way low-conscious beings react. With rage and anger. But that's not the solution. Violence never solved anything. I'll give you an example from my gradeschool days. Whenever two kids had a disagreement, they would fight afterschool. And whoever won the fight won the argument. That didn't make any sense. What did fighting have to do with what they were arguing about, unless it was, "I can kick your ass better than you can kick mine." Violence doesn't show courage and bravery, it shows ignorance. After 9/11, we went to Afghanistan and bombed them for days. We didn't have to go do that, but the president did not want our country to look weak, but what he did was make our country no better than the one who attacked us. That's the message he sent. Killing thousands of innocent people in the crossfire as well. Sure, it was a military attack and not a terrorist attack, but we still could have handled it differently. Let's look at the train bomb in Europe. They didn't respond with military action to that, so why did we feel it necessary to bomb Afghanistan and then move on the Iraq, who we feared has WMDs but really we just wanted their oil. Violence isn't necessary. But most people, who are resonating at a very low vibration, feel we need to fight fire with fire. You know what that turns into? A bigger fire. That's not how we solve problems where I live. So why do we let some idiot leader of our country send us to war because he feels it was the right decision. I really don't think we should place the fate of our country in one man, unless it's Buddha or Jesus. People who don't think violence will solve their problems. Someone who knows, deep down, that we are all connected and anything we do to someone else affects us the same. That is what we need to do and until we figure this out collectively as a nation, we will continue to be scared into watching the news and compelled to take violent action against all those who offend us. Until next time, live in a conscious manner.