Did you know? I just thought y'all should be aware..
2006-09-26 10:53:21 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I'm English. My country created you. Thanks.
2006-09-26 11:40:02 · update #1
You must be a redneck!
Thomas Jefferson stated ..
"This is a government of distrust, not trust"
he also said.....
"Dissent is your right as a citizen, and your duty as a patriot"
But once again, I would not expect a fascist moron like you to understand American values.
2006-09-26 11:05:20 · answer #1 · answered by Charlooch 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Of course it's wrong Tom! So is having a thought that doesn't run in line with the White House.
Well, it's not wrong (try not to be so cynical, you can always get out there and do something about it) but you are right in that there's a lot of people out there who like to make you feel un-American when you speak your mind or ask a question that shows you're more than just another sheep. And quite honestly, THAT is the very core of what being an American means! We are supposed to question our government! I think our founding fathers, were they alive now, would be considered "evil liberals" and be spat upon! (but not before they keeled over and died from shock and dissapointment). With each pasing day we step closer and closer to 1984.
Perhaps we all need to go back and re-read the declaration of independance and the constitution and our children should be schooled in all the founding father's writings as well. It would be well done for us all to be reminded why this country was founded. All the reasons...not just the "religious" ones that all those "patriotic" folk are so eager to spout out.
Get out there, speak your mind, vote, don't let the gov't get away with lies & deceit & lessening the integrity of our country! The only way anything ever changes is if enough people get involved.
2006-09-26 19:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by Madikam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tom, study your country's history. The people who founded it created a system of government which DEMANDS its citizens question it, continually. They knew from experience that governments unchallenged by scrutiny and the ability of its citizens to effect change within it when needed would eventually lead to despotism. They created it with tools in place to remove people from office who fail in their duty, or who allow the power they wield to corrupt them.
Unquestioning loyalty is all well and good within the pages of a fantasy, or the stories of war heroics. In the realities of politics and government, it can be disastrous. Failure to question the decisions of our leaders when those decisions have questionable merit is failure to perform the most basic responsibility of citizenship.
I hope your question/statement is a joke...if it is, be aware that some people will agree with it, and take it seriously.
2006-09-26 18:10:49 · answer #3 · answered by functionary01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Some of us have actually read the constitution, so we know that questioning the US govt is a protected constitutional right.
Try reading it sometime. Especially the 1st Amendment and the "right to petition the government for a redress of grievances", or the 10th Amendment where all powers not granted to the federal govt are reserved for the states "and to the people".
2006-09-26 17:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I haven't heard of anyone being jailed here for questioning the government recently. In fact, it's one long shower of s hit against Bush in the press, and in blogs, on message boards, on college campuses, and in chatrooms here everyday. If it's illegal, no one is enforcing the law. A lot of people would be in jail.
Love Jack
2006-09-26 19:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask all the questions you want to. Ignore the answers when you don' t like them! It's okay, your freedom to do that is one of the things being fought for!
America! What a country! England! What a country, too!
Isn't it like Americans to confuse LAW and MORALS?
2006-09-26 18:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as long as I am breathing and have ammo. It is not only the right of the American people to question their government it is a duty. To many people have died in previous wars to allow me to speak my piece.
2006-09-26 18:05:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It seems like Republicans are the ones who feel that way NOW. During the Clinton years they wouldn't shut up and quit questioning the US government. Now that the shoe is on the other foot you have to change your outlook.
2006-09-26 18:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by Tommy D 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Your Democrats were so scared of being called un-American that they were unable to oppose Bush's misadventure in Iraq.
McCarthyism could only have happened in America.
2006-09-26 18:11:37 · answer #9 · answered by James T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
huh? And from where did you glean this information? You are mistaken friend. EVERYTHING about our government is absolutely meant to be questioned! It's our government. By the people and for the people.
Question nothing and you will be overrun.
2006-09-26 17:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by beckini 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋