I hear this again and again from conservatives... and I'm just trying to get it straight...
they always say "well it's not affecting you personally, is it?"
so, as long as something doesn't affect me personally, I shouldn't care about it?
I think history supports that view... no one has ever started by taking a few liberties away and expanded to taking them all... right?
2006-09-01 13:58:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
whatever.....
2006-09-01 14:04:07 · answer #1 · answered by WizD 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I tend to agree with you, but just to play devil's advocate.
If something is not affecting you personally how in touch can you be with the issue.
I have opinons on the issue of immegration, but I do not live an area were it is an issue and do not have relatives affected by potential changes in the law. To a certain extent what I think is irrelevant. I have no idea about the changes that illegal immegrants can make to a community. I also have no idea what is like to struggle so hard in another country that leaving my family would become an option.
I think this would be moot issue if we as a people were allowed to directly vote on issues rather have representatives. The purity and integrity of many of them are questionable and I have faith that the American public is smart to decide what it wants on an issue like this.
If were not smart enough, at least it would motivation to pay teachers more.
2006-09-01 22:02:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are not concerned when they come for your neighbor or other countrymen, don't be surprised that no one will be concerned when they come for you. They will come for you and all your country's men and women. The new draft legislation will call all men and women from 18 to 50. You can't fight the world with volunteers because there won't be any. Even if you have medical or mental deficiencies, they will find a uniform that fits and a job of some type that you can do. That's for sure. It won't be too long. Just wait and don't worry.
2006-09-01 21:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by Pey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What conservatives are saying that?
I DO hear many conservatives defending the policy of bugging terrorist's phone calls to OBL.
The problem with you people are that you just aren't on the United States of America's side.
Its no more complicated that that. You are a traitor. Sorry if that hurts.
If you problem is that you are sick in the head, get help.
2006-09-02 16:34:34 · answer #4 · answered by John16 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not okay to take away freedom as long as their not yours . Whoever told you that should be slapped . Personal or impersonal you should care regardless .The way of life has changed because people cared if it affected them personally or not .
2006-09-01 21:08:06 · answer #5 · answered by Aila126 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are our rights. They belong to us. The fact that you or I personally haven't needed them doesn't make them any less ours.
We only have those rights we choose to defend. If we surrender those rights, we loose them. For all of us.
In honor of Pastor Martin Niemöller:
First they came for the 6th Amendment, but I hadn't been accused of a crime, so I didn't object to denial of counsel.
Then they came for the 4th Amendment, but I wasn't talking to anyone overseas, so they wouldn't be monitoring me.
Then they came for the rest of the 4th Amendment, but I only called my mother, so there was nothing suspicious in my phone records.
Then they came for the 1st Amendment, but I never associated with criminals, so I didn't worry about being convicted purely based on what other people might do.
Then they came for the 14th Amendment, but I never really understood the rules for Due Process (and wasn't allowed an attorney), so I didn't object.
Then they came for the rest of the 1st Amendment, but I never told anyone about what the government was doing, so again I remained silent.
Then they came for the 5th Amendment, ...... and I no longer had the right to remain silent.
2006-09-01 21:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think even Dubya is smart enough to realize that the moment he starts trying to ignore the Bill of Rights and the constitution is the moment that all true conservatives will abandon him.
Sadly, the Neo-Cons that he surrounds himself with don't seem to realize that.
2006-09-01 21:04:02 · answer #7 · answered by F. Frederick Skitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is like saying, "you shouldn't worry about these things if you're not guilty."
The U.S. was founded on ideas, so ideas are what we should be arguing about, not about what directly affects you. That's just selfishness.
2006-09-01 21:03:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
what freedoms were taken away, again?
2006-09-01 22:34:31 · answer #9 · answered by Mom of One in Wisconsin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, I haven't heard these. Could it be you are making this garbage up? I think so.
2006-09-01 21:01:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋