This writer recalls after the 9/11 horror speaking to an old friend who lived in Queens, NYC. The news was coming out about how the government was detaining Muslims ( many of them American citizens). It was similar to what ICE is currently doing for the Trump executive orders… rounding up and then finding out. Great policy when perhaps YOUR loved one is on the receiving end. So, I proposed this hypothetical to my one time best friend: The old ‘ What if’: Ok bro, what if the authorities grabbed you or a loved one and detained them? HIs answer was ‘ Well, if I or them did not do anything then who cares if they detain you until things are cleared up?’
I gave him a scenario, one that could have easily occurred after such a terrible event like those two towers going down. ‘ Your daughter is single and works on Wall Street. Let’s say she has a close girlfriend who happens to be Muslim. The two girls are very tight. A few weeks earlier she goes to her friend’s apartment for a party. At the party she hits it off with her friend’s cousin. They go out on a few dates. The cousin happens to be on some NSA list of possible who knows whats. After the 9/11 bombings your daughter is picked up and detained. They won’t allow her to even see the lawyer you got for her. They want to know how much she knew about the ( so called) terror attacks as her new boyfriend is under a heavy microscope. ‘ I asked him would this scenario change his opinion on what our government is capable of doing to innocent Americans. No real response by him. He said it was ‘ Too ludicrous of a hypothetical’.
Philip A Farruggio
Port Orange, Florida
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Farruggio lays out a feasible scenario that can happen to any U.S. citizen…He exposes the lunacy in the comments .made to him to rationalize or justify the responses he received.This commentary was short but direct to the point ,and therefore ,all the more effective
While Philip’s scenario may seem far fetched, as far as I’m concerned, everything is on the table. This administration has a ‘shoot first and aim later’ approach when it comes to arrests of immigrants no matter their status. The actual law and due process has no meaning to them. Their attitude mirrors that of their low information supporters which is laced with racism.
Look at the history of all the secret kidnappings they did (“renditions”) post 911
They whisk you away & detain you incommunicado in some hidden dungeon charge you with serious crimes based on no evidence or false evidence torture you into confessing & then lock you away
If your friend thinks this could NEVER happen to him or a loved one, then he’s a typical naive (stupid) brainwashed American
So he’s never smoked a joint, driven through a red light, bought porn, pissed in the street, bought stolen goods, etc then he’s a candidate for sainthood
Otherwise, he’s done something somewhere to get him on a list that can be used to round him up at any time
Idiot!!