Thursday, September 8, 2016

Hello! I'm a student at PFHS my history teacher wanted us to make a blog. He told us to follow a particular theme through American history, and I have chosen the theme of freedom. Americans like to define themselves in terms of it. The Economist has published an article on the state of freedom in America. It wonders, how much does America live up to this ideal? The article focuses mainly on the government, and its activities during "the war on terror". The United States has incarcerated suspects without trial in Guantanamo and is eavesdropping on Americans' phone calls. But while citizens' privacy is infringed, the government is increasingly secretive. Until the situation improves, we can hardly call ourselves the land of the free.

4 comments:

  1. That's really cool! I enjoyed reading your post.

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  3. This was a well done blog and I totally get what you are saying. Your post really shows me what the America I know is standing for.

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  4. In the "infringing" of our privacy, the government has been able to prevent many attacks in the war on terrorism that you mentioned. Last year a man was arrested with a stick and a half of explosives attempting to blow up a federal center. Without knowledge to some of this mans personal life they may have not stopped him time. Is it better to have a partially free government with anti terrorism capabilities, or a completely free society that is strongly susceptible to terrorist attacks?

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