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A 4 page discussion of the direction the George W. Bush Administration has taken in regard to protecting the nation against future acts of terrorism. The author equates measures such as the Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act with the “Big Brother” situation detailed in “1984”, the science fiction novel by George Orwell. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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File: AM2_PPterr84.rtf
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The societal privileges and freedoms we have grown to expect as U.S. citizens have changed considerably in the wake of the September
11, 2000 acts of terrorism which shook the country. The destruction of the World Trade Center in New York and the simultaneous plane attack on the Pentagon itself coupled
with the horror of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center has made us exceptionally aware of the fact that our political boundaries are no longer exempt from terrorist
acts (Lindsey, Beach and Toigo, 2002). As would be expected, there has been a flurry of legislative activity as a result of those acts. Provisions such as the
Patriot ACT and the Homeland Security Act were quickly pushed through the legislative system and justified as being in the best interest of the U.S. citizen and the integrity of
the country as a whole (Lindsey, Beach and Toigo, 2002). Today Patriot Act II is being considered by our legislature. While it seems that the majority of the
American public willingly accepts such provisions as a needed aspect of our turbulent world, however, others are opposed to such legislative measures because of the impact they have on personal
freedoms. Some proclaim, in fact that such provisions are simply another excuse for "Big Brother" to watch our every move. It must
be acknowledged that indeed there are many similarities between the provisions allowed by Patriot Act and Homeland Security Act and the science fiction book "1984" which introduced the term "Big
Brother". Written by George Orwell at the end of World War II, "1984" expresses Orwells deeply rooted pessimism about the nature of man in general and about the nature
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