Our government can now imprison our citizens indefinitely, without so much as letting them speak to a lawyer, if they arbitrarily deem them an "enemy combatant."
Our government spies on our phone calls.
Our government spies on our bank accounts.
Our government wants to implement national ID cards and require us to have them.
These ideas would have seemed preposterous 30 years ago. I thought the American way was life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness. Liberty is meaningless to most people now. Instead of happiness people are pursuing security, which is impossible, since life is inherently unsafe.
2006-07-10 19:57:35 · 8 answers · asked by Hillbillies are... 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Those who give up freedoms in order to obtain safety, deserve neither freedom or safety....
2006-07-10 20:02:29 · answer #1 · answered by D 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, George Bush and his crowd of fundie Christian neocon clowns have destroyed the American Way, much to the enjoyment, I'm sure, of the terrorists.
2006-07-10 20:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by eljonez 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yup, pretty much! It all seems perfectly justified now, doesn't it? I don't like it at all but, on the other hand, without these implementations in place, where might we be today?
2006-07-10 20:05:11 · answer #3 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May be your government is right.
They let you get two way
It is Liberty or die on explosion.
May be your society look like old Soviet Union.
2006-07-10 20:21:24 · answer #4 · answered by PiPi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it hasnt. At least it hasnt changed life for most conservatives in America. The liberals seem to be shitting their pants tho.
2006-07-10 21:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by jack f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well now since everything that bush done we the U.S.has to keep our gaurd up. everybody now is trying to do something towards the U.S.no choice we have to try to stay safe.
2006-07-10 20:26:10 · answer #6 · answered by identityhopeless 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It has not destroyed the American way of life, but it has CHANGED it irrevocably.
2006-07-10 20:03:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
2006-07-10 20:01:16 · answer #8 · answered by j d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋