Caner Akoglu
Freedom vs Security
Freedom vs security is always a controversial topic, both sides have many supporters. Many people change their opinions during time of war. Personally, I believe in freedom, for me it doesn't matter if it is during wartime, everyone deserves liberties. During World War Two the Japanese Americans had their freedom taken because they were seen as a threat, so they were sent to internment camps. Internment camps were one of America's biggest mistakes, stripping Japanese-Americans from their rights, was a disgusting time in our history. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the US government declared that every Japanese-American was an alien and a potential threat, then ordered for all of them to be put into internment …show more content…
All people of Japanese ancestry – including those with only 1/16th Japanese blood – were given one week to settle their affairs. Farmers desperately looked to neighbors to help take care of their crops, but like many Japanese-American business owners, they faced financial ruin. Families lost everything, forced to sell off homes, shops, furnishings, even the clothes they couldn’t carry with them, to buyers happy to snap them up for next to nothing.” Innocent people had their lives torn apart, kids did not receive and education, and families were forced to survive in horrible living conditions. Masaru Kawaguchi, a survivor of an internment camp describes the his experience in the camp and said “when we stayed in the horse stable, I said "Gee, what's this?" This is actually where horses stayed. You could still see the Dutch doors and the barn; they just white washed it and had mud all over the floors and everything. And they gave us a bag and said, "Hey, fill this up with straw" so that's your mattress. They had one light bulb sitting on top of the ceiling and they told us to bring a plate and cups and forks and knives so you can eat. So we had to go to the Grand Stand and line up to eat and food was just terrible.” The fact that innocent people had to …show more content…
The Patriot Act was passed in hopes of preventing terrorism in America, however, it gave the government the ability to spy on peoples personal information. An excerpt from the act states “ With the respect to the insurance of any warrant or court ordered under this section or any property or material that constitutes evidence of a criminal offense in violation of the laws of the United States , any notice required, to be given may be delayed.” this giving government complete authority to violate what the founding fathers believed in. Although violation of privacy might seem logical, however the act never really helped to catch terrorists or any possible threats. It rather made our country look foolish, and took the liberties of innocent people. The FBI admitted that they “can’t point to any major terrorism cases they’ve cracked thanks to the key snooping powers” in the Patriot Act, according to inspector general Horowitz. Similar to the Japanese Internment camps the Patriot Act was a failure, and brought great discomfort to innocent people, and most importantly it violated the constitution and what our Founding Fathers believed
Freedom vs Security
Freedom vs security is always a controversial topic, both sides have many supporters. Many people change their opinions during time of war. Personally, I believe in freedom, for me it doesn't matter if it is during wartime, everyone deserves liberties. During World War Two the Japanese Americans had their freedom taken because they were seen as a threat, so they were sent to internment camps. Internment camps were one of America's biggest mistakes, stripping Japanese-Americans from their rights, was a disgusting time in our history. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the US government declared that every Japanese-American was an alien and a potential threat, then ordered for all of them to be put into internment …show more content…
All people of Japanese ancestry – including those with only 1/16th Japanese blood – were given one week to settle their affairs. Farmers desperately looked to neighbors to help take care of their crops, but like many Japanese-American business owners, they faced financial ruin. Families lost everything, forced to sell off homes, shops, furnishings, even the clothes they couldn’t carry with them, to buyers happy to snap them up for next to nothing.” Innocent people had their lives torn apart, kids did not receive and education, and families were forced to survive in horrible living conditions. Masaru Kawaguchi, a survivor of an internment camp describes the his experience in the camp and said “when we stayed in the horse stable, I said "Gee, what's this?" This is actually where horses stayed. You could still see the Dutch doors and the barn; they just white washed it and had mud all over the floors and everything. And they gave us a bag and said, "Hey, fill this up with straw" so that's your mattress. They had one light bulb sitting on top of the ceiling and they told us to bring a plate and cups and forks and knives so you can eat. So we had to go to the Grand Stand and line up to eat and food was just terrible.” The fact that innocent people had to …show more content…
The Patriot Act was passed in hopes of preventing terrorism in America, however, it gave the government the ability to spy on peoples personal information. An excerpt from the act states “ With the respect to the insurance of any warrant or court ordered under this section or any property or material that constitutes evidence of a criminal offense in violation of the laws of the United States , any notice required, to be given may be delayed.” this giving government complete authority to violate what the founding fathers believed in. Although violation of privacy might seem logical, however the act never really helped to catch terrorists or any possible threats. It rather made our country look foolish, and took the liberties of innocent people. The FBI admitted that they “can’t point to any major terrorism cases they’ve cracked thanks to the key snooping powers” in the Patriot Act, according to inspector general Horowitz. Similar to the Japanese Internment camps the Patriot Act was a failure, and brought great discomfort to innocent people, and most importantly it violated the constitution and what our Founding Fathers believed