Do you really think that the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act affect our rights as citizens... if so what specificly about them affects your rights?
2006-10-13 16:32:34 · 11 answers · asked by katjha2005 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Ashley: They passed an Act for wire tapping back in 1978 - they've always been allowed to do it.. with or without a court order
2006-10-13 17:04:13 · update #1
Pinelake: What specific freedoms have they taken from us.. Why am I not anymore free today then I was a year ago?
2006-10-13 17:07:05 · update #2
No, neither affects the average citizen. Those opposed to them are playing politics (our side has a better idea.) There are those that oppose them based on what they believe are privacy issues granted in the constitution. I have a challenge for anyone out there.... find the phrase in the constitution that uses the word PRIVACY.... Good luck.... it's not there.
2006-10-13 17:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ranger473 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
These acts have taken more freedoms away from Americans than anything that has come down the pike. It is only an illusion that you are safer. In fact these acts have given your president total dictatorial powers over the people of the USA. He can make the entire USA a police state at his say. the presidential executive orders to do that have already been drafted and requires only his signature to become the dictator of the USA. You cannot even imagine what will happen to you and many of your friends when that happens.
2006-10-13 23:45:44 · answer #2 · answered by pinelake302 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have a huge problem with the phone tapping. I am fairly certain that mine are tapped. Not cause I am paranoid but because I make international calls to friend in Kuwait. It is easy not to care when you think it applies to someone else but how would you like if someone read all your emails and tapped your calls. Even though you are not doing something wrong knowing that someone might be listening to extremely personal info about you family life and love life is disturbing.
2006-10-13 23:43:03 · answer #3 · answered by ashley f 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just because your all nice and cozy at your computer doesn't mean that other people are not having their rights taken away.
They can torture people that haven't done anything wrong. If they suspect that you are a terrorist, they can subject you to sleep deprivation, freezing temperatures, and mock drownings.
I notice you like to constantly go back and edit your question to bash on the way people have answered your question. Dont bother. Dont ask a question if you dont want to hear out the answers. Your just trying to reinforce what you already believe. Go to debate forum if you want to debate. I doubt many people go back and re-read the new stuff you write. I know I wont.
2006-10-14 18:25:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is not the fact that they are affecting your rights individually (which to some it no doubt has) , it is the potential of what could be taken away...perhaps on a massive level.
Each time you lose one freedom, or protection to freedoms, you lose a little bit of your ability to protect your other
freedoms ...indivdually and as a society.
2006-10-13 23:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by elysialaw 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fearing the police is kinda like fearing God. If you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear. Hence the Patriot Act......are ya plotting acts of terrorism? If not don't fear the Patriot Act. If you are I hope we use the Patriot Act to catch you, clean you,and cook you. And remember......if you catch em you gotta clean em.
2006-10-13 23:37:16 · answer #6 · answered by Keith 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dont fear either act because I am doing nothing wrong. They can tap my phone all they want. The only thing they will hear is bill collecters.
2006-10-13 23:48:46 · answer #7 · answered by BUTCH 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a law abiding citizen so I see no degradation in my rights. It's like asking me to respect the law of gravity. I'm not gonna notice because I do it anyway.
2006-10-13 23:36:02 · answer #8 · answered by Brand X 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've done nothing wrong, but I still don't like the idea... what ever happened to probable cause?
2006-10-13 23:46:08 · answer #9 · answered by Grimm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They haven't affected me at all, except made me safer .
2006-10-13 23:35:20 · answer #10 · answered by John Scary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋