[Alou]

I have a paper on whether or not the U.S. is more secure over the past 11 years. What do you guys think?

I'm saying it is, but its hard to not bring up all the problems with Afghanistan/Iraq and the DHS and drones. And i've seemed to lost all capabilities of writing papers over the summer.

[apoemtothedead]

It's impossible to write a paper like that as the general public is not privy to information like thwarted terrorist attacks/credible threats/etc. Write about how your professor should choose a topic that is possible to have an informed opinion on.

[anamericangod]

Originally Posted by Alou

I have a paper on whether or not the U.S. is more secure over the past 11 years. What do you guys think?

I'm saying it is, but its hard to not bring up all the problems with Afghanistan/Iraq and the DHS and drones. And i've seemed to lost all capabilities of writing papers over the summer.

Less safe for numerous reasons. The number of people who are out to harm American interests is at an all time high, primarily because of US involvement in the Middle East. Homeland security has been ignored in favor of waging wars overseas. Think of how much security could have been tweaked on the home front with the $1 trillion+ dollars that have been spent on the wars. Throw in the economic disaster and you have plenty to talk about.

Then again, it depends on how you are viewing "security." Superpower vs. superpower? Terrorist cells? The topic is massively broad.

Originally Posted by apoemtothedead

It's impossible to write a paper like that as the general public is not privy to information like thwarted terrorist attacks/credible threats/etc. Write about how your professor should choose a topic that is possible to have an informed opinion on.

Not accurate.

[David87]

So how short does a girls skirt have to be before the rape becomes illegitimate? We doing fingertip length like in school?

[kyle is hk]

Originally Posted by David87

So how short does a girls skirt have to be before the rape becomes illegitimate? We doing fingertip length like in school?

If it can be described as a skirt it's already crossed the line.

[*crying stars*]

Originally Posted by Alou

I have a paper on whether or not the U.S. is more secure over the past 11 years. What do you guys think?

I'm saying it is, but its hard to not bring up all the problems with Afghanistan/Iraq and the DHS and drones. And i've seemed to lost all capabilities of writing papers over the summer.

I took a class on global terrorism, and I think it helped me understand that there is a lot that the average citizen is not made privy to in terms of information; whether or not that makes me feel more or less secure I don't really know. I feel like the focus on only one encompassing threat such as the Middle East is a mistake, and I think that, as seen with the car bomb threat in Times Square and the deadly shootings as of late, domestic acts of violence make me feel less secure.

Again, however, we don't know how many local threats have been stopped before any damage has been done, though.

[Jake Gyllenhaal]

[apoemtothedead]

Originally Posted by anamericangod

Not accurate.

Excellent point.

[apoemtothedead]

Originally Posted by *crying stars*

I took a class on global terrorism, and I think it helped me understand that there is a lot that the average citizen is not made privy to in terms of information; whether or not that makes me feel more or less secure I don't really know. I feel like the focus on only one encompassing threat such as the Middle East is a mistake, and I think that, as seen with the car bomb threat in Times Square and the deadly shootings as of late, domestic acts of violence make me feel less secure.

Again, however, we don't know how many local threats have been stopped before any damage has been done, though.

Not accurate.

[anamericangod]

Originally Posted by apoemtothedead

Excellent point.

Your comment suggested that it's not possible to have an informed opinion as to whether or not the United States has been made more or less safe over the past 11 years. This is not accurate, and while I understand your point of there being things that we don't know, these things are not so significant or critical that they render everything else "useless." There is plenty of public information that can be used to analyze this question.

[caveBEAR]

Originally Posted by apoemtothedead

Rape jokes are never funny. I hope Louis CK has profusely apologized for that joke.

[apoemtothedead]

Originally Posted by anamericangod

Your comment suggested that it's not possible to have an informed opinion as to whether or not the United States has been made more or less safe over the past 11 years. This is not accurate, and while I understand your point of there being things that we don't know, these things are not so significant or critical that they render everything else "useless." There is plenty of public information that can be used to analyze this question.

Given the potential impact that the classified information could have, I think it's plenty plausible that it could render everything else "useless."

[ChaplainTappman]

Originally Posted by apoemtothedead

Rape jokes are never funny. I hope Louis CK has profusely apologized for that joke.

Nope. He defended Tosh.

[apoemtothedead]

Originally Posted by ChaplainTappman

Nope. He defended Tosh.

[crackedthesky]

Someones just full of originality tonight.