Sunday, October 24, 2010

Enforced loyalty or not

Reflection question - should U.S. citizens be forced to give up civil liberties during a time of war? Should the govt. have to enforce loyalty? Why or why not?

I think that in a time of war people should be able to support any side that they want, no matter where they are living. Some people are immigrants and the U.S. is not their first home. This might make them more loyal to another country in a time of war. It should not be legally enforced that these people support the U.S. in the war. I think that it is alright for the U.S. to use propaganda and try to encourage people to support America in the war, but if they do not I do not think it is right to punish or even arrest them because of their certain beliefs.