The only controversy here is that people like Trump and his voters, including Dilbert's cartoonist, have this belief that if I am Muslim, I have to pay some sort of cost, on account of group responsibility, that if I'm not a Muslim I don't have to pay.
Take this as just one example:
> Now if you want to stay out of the fight against terrorism it will cost you.
"You" here isn't "every person". Because the costs it refers to aren't being proposed for everybody. It refers to Muslims, or Muslims from certain countries. The implication is: if I'm Muslim, I've been staying out of the fight against terrorism. If I'm not Muslim, I've been fighting. So I have to pay that cost. And not until I personally join the light side, no: Until someone decides that enough Muslims have, I still have to pay. If I'm not Muslim, instead, I don't have to move a finger, and won't pay any of those costs.
Everybody has to take responsibility, as you say. That's not what Trump is saying nor doing. Everybody has to consider taking actions that can decrease the problem, no matter what country you were born in. If you're a man, you shouldn't have to pay any extra cost, nor bear more responsibility, on account of terrorists being all or mostly all men. Same with religion, country of birth, or eye color.
> The only controversy here is that people like Trump and his voters, including Dilbert's cartoonist, have this belief that if I am Muslim, I have to pay some sort of cost, on account of group responsibility, that if I'm not a Muslim I don't have to pay.
I'm Canadian - if my countrymen are causing problems in the world, I feel an obligation to do what I can, or at least try. It seems there's this near unanimous belief that the American government/military (and therefore people) are responsible for protecting the world, and get a very vigorous self-righteous scolding if they even hint at scaling that obligation back, but everyone else on the planet gets a pass due to their religion or some other group association.
> The implication is: if I'm Muslim, I've been staying out of the fight against terrorism.
You've manufactured that implication. A more accurate statement in my opinion would be: until the governments and people of countries can reign in their extremists, there will be travel restrictions. Now I'm not saying outright that this is a good idea, but it sure as hell doesn't seem remotely crazy to me.
> If I'm not Muslim, I've been fighting.
Absurd.
> Everybody has to consider taking actions that can decrease the problem, no matter what country you were born in. If you're a man, you shouldn't have to pay any extra cost, nor bear more responsibility, on account of terrorists being all or mostly all men. Same with religion, country of birth, or eye color.
Disagree, disagree, disagree. In fact, look at the various feminist directives, men are told on a regular basis that it is our collective responsibility to clean up the shortcomings of our gender. No one bats an eye at this, but if collective responsibility is asked of any other group, there's no end to the howls of moral outrage.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but according to your philosophy no one has any responsibility at all? These seven countries (and other not included as they are "allies") have no responsibility to the world, at all? If so, then the US government has no responsibility to encourage its citizens to burn less fossil fuels, right? That is the individual responsibility of each person who uses fossil fuels, and the appropriate reaction to any implication that there is a collective responsibility is moral outrage?
Take this as just one example:
> Now if you want to stay out of the fight against terrorism it will cost you.
"You" here isn't "every person". Because the costs it refers to aren't being proposed for everybody. It refers to Muslims, or Muslims from certain countries. The implication is: if I'm Muslim, I've been staying out of the fight against terrorism. If I'm not Muslim, I've been fighting. So I have to pay that cost. And not until I personally join the light side, no: Until someone decides that enough Muslims have, I still have to pay. If I'm not Muslim, instead, I don't have to move a finger, and won't pay any of those costs.
Everybody has to take responsibility, as you say. That's not what Trump is saying nor doing. Everybody has to consider taking actions that can decrease the problem, no matter what country you were born in. If you're a man, you shouldn't have to pay any extra cost, nor bear more responsibility, on account of terrorists being all or mostly all men. Same with religion, country of birth, or eye color.