Pubdate: Sun, 12 Feb 2006
Source: Monitor, The (McAllen, TX)
Copyright: 2006 The Monitor
Contact:  http://www.themonitor.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1250
Author: Andres Martinez

PEACE ISN'T BEST ACHIEVED THROUGH GUNS OR VIOLENCE

To the editor:

In H.L. Mencken's Minority Report, he states that "most people want 
security in this world, not liberty," and it appears that he may be 
right. But these words remind me of the words Benjamin Franklin once 
said, "Those who would sacrifice a little freedom for temporal safety 
deserve neither to be safe or free."

People criticize others for their "blind hate for our president and 
national security during wartime in American history" as did Charlie 
Cardenas in the Jan. 29, 2006, edition of The Monitor. This "War on 
Terror" is not a war. It is equivalent to the "War on Drugs." You 
kill some cartels and other, more violent cartels will replace them. 
The same applies to the "War on Terror": the more people the U.S. 
kills, the more martyrs are created to fuel the cause. Guns don't 
bring peace; the civility of man to think, reason, and apply these to 
the political front as the weapon of choice will bring peace. If 
anyone desires a place of security, and not freedom, try China. I 
hear they have a great system as such running well over there.

Plato once said, "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act 
responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." The 
truth speaks loud in action and it is quickly becoming evident that 
President Bush and his cronies are "bad people." People can verbally 
attack President Bush all they want. People can verbally attack those 
people who verbally attack President Bush all they want. Let me say 
this, peace doesn't exist in a world where people are constantly 
attacking one another.

Andres Martinez,

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