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 <description>Mr. Cushman claims that islamic terrorism is a much worse threat to democracy than the reaction of the Bush administration to it. I do not agree with him. 
First of all terrorist attacks are rather a threat to our security than to our democracy. They might even strengthen our democracy. And by the way mr. Cushman: do you consider traffic accidents a threat to our democracy?
Second: the threat to democracy also depends on the power of the people behind the threat. Although George W. Bush and his administration are &#039;only&#039; responsible for illegal detention, torture and the suspension of basic r&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opendemocracy.net/reaction_to_terrorism_is_also_a_threat_to_democracy_0&quot; class=&quot;read-more&quot; title=&quot;Read the rest of this posting.&quot;&gt;Read the rest of this post...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opendemocracy.net/reaction_to_terrorism_is_also_a_threat_to_democracy_0&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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