Can you cite an example of a freedom you have lost? I mean a personal freedom you no longer have.
2006-11-12 15:59:04 · 20 answers · asked by Ted Kennedy aka Swimmer 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
...just what I thought. None of you have lost a damn thing in the way of personal freedoms. You are only mouthing what you heard someone else say. What a bunch of mindless fools. Can't you think for yourselves?
2006-11-12 16:06:42 · update #1
iheart--in other words you can't name one...
2006-11-12 16:09:57 · update #2
you are asking this question at the wrong place. all of us in here are free. it goes without saying.
2006-11-12 16:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by Millenium Man 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I suspect you'll find that the freedoms that are allegedly being lost are the imaginings of far left, paranoid idiots who woke up this morning with nothing else to complain about.
And, once advertised, seem to be picked up and exaggerated by even more paranoid and ignorant idiots. And then along come the bogus web sites and op-blogs to "prove" we all be enslaved if this trend continues. (It usually is accompanied by some sort of government conspiracy looking for total control).
Examples:
If you call a known terrorist country, or a known terrorist, you can no longer be assured that the call isn't being monitored.
No problem there.
You can no longer carry on commercial flights excluded items such as knives, box cutters, etc.
Again, isn't that a good thing?
I don't see the concern here.
We are in a war on terror - and the unfounded fear seems to be that our rights will be taken away to better fight this enemy - this has not been the case, and I seriously doubt that it ever will be the case.
2006-11-13 00:34:12 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
The freedom to not have my communications monitored. The freedom to get an attorney if, by some bizarre chance, they decided to arrest me for terrorism. In fact, under those circumstances, I don't even have the right to a trial. My government can now make me disappear.
Yeah, most people aren't going to miss the rights that we no longer have. That's not the point. Those rights aren't there just for everyday circumstances. They are there for the people in extraordinary circumstances. Look, in most cases, the government isn't going to care about your b!tching about taxes. The First Amendment protects you in case they do decide to take an interest. Think of it like insurance. God willing, you will never have to use your homeowner's insurance. However, if that smoke detector starts beeping one night, you will be d@mn glad you have it.
Cinner, first off, I'm a woman. Secondly, I never said I thought they were listening in on my phone calls. The point is, I have no idea if they are, and I have no legal recourse if it happens that they have been. We just don't know now, and that is a freedom lost.
2006-11-13 00:08:21 · answer #3 · answered by random6x7 6 · 4⤊ 4⤋
What freedom was lost?
How about that freedom of expectation of privacy when I dial the phone to talk to my sister in law in Pittsburgh, or my sister in Wisconsin. . . Why should the government be able to request those calls, as well as be able to listen in on them (w/o probable cause or a warrant to do just that)?
How about the RIGHT to defend yourself against ALL evidence that is held against you? In this senario, one can be convicted for reasons they know nothing about. . . I would say losing your freedom is losing a freedom.
How about the RIGHT not to have the government tell me how to live my life? You know, I can't be gay if I chose to be, and I can't worship whatever religion I choose, well, unless it is a form of Christianity. . .
I could go on, but why? You are going to just sit there at your little computer and deny any of this because you are a sheep. Hopefully, it will not be much longer, and things will be changed.
Really, I don't care what you think. . . I just feel better typing this in response. Have a nice, restricted life.
2006-11-13 01:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
I no longer have the personal freedom to make an unmonitored phone call across seas.
I no longer have the personal freedom to search the internet on certain engines without having my information rifled through.
I no longer have the personal, Constitutionally guaranteed freedom of privacy.
Just because you disagree doesn't make you right - the Patriot Act, when coupled with FISA, is in DIRECT opposition to the 4th Amendment.
2006-11-13 00:10:26 · answer #5 · answered by spewing_originality 3 · 7⤊ 2⤋
freedom of speech, speak out against thee war or bush and see how fast yoiu get audited! becareful after wghat you say in a bar or on your phone as big brother is listening, I gave up personally a nephiew killed in action, 2 of my sons have been there too, and I have 2 son in laws there now, it has cost my family dearly
2006-11-13 07:38:19 · answer #6 · answered by paulisfree2004 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Easy - I've lost the freedom to use resources at the library knowing that it would be kept confidential from "fishing trips" by the our government (aka no 'individualized suspicion requirement'). When even librarians start getting worked up, something isn't quite right...
This is a pretty basic, obvious issue.
2006-11-13 00:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by Gerty 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋
As a matter of fact I can list several. My e-mail has been montoried. I was having coraspondance with Senator Kennedy and proceeded to put some information out and it wouldn,t let me post it ,also e-mail from Senator DeWine let me know from information I had put on a site and he said to answer your queastion about earmarking and I hadn,t asked hin any questions about that. I tried to put the latest information out on stem cell research before the election couldn,t get thru have tried to answer political questions about laws ect,blocked the last 10 questions I tried to get thru wouldn,t take, and I,m just posting laws and things I have reports on Ill see if this answer will take
2006-11-13 00:36:50 · answer #8 · answered by dinah.thompson@sbcglobal.net 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋
You raise interesting and valid points, I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
2006-11-13 01:26:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
LMAO @ random...thinks the feds are monitoring his calls to
1-900-hot-chix! This is all a bunch of BS. Libs talk about republicans trying to "scare" you with talk of terrorism. This is just libs trying to scare you with talk of your phone calls being monitored. Hmmmm, which am I really more worried about? The part about someone not being allowed to obtain legal counsel is also BS. Three Yemeni men were arrested in my county for selling military arms to Yemen.... What do ya know....they showed up at the court house with lawyers. It's all a bunch of hype. No law abiding person had ANYTHING to worry about.
***Volleyball, the Feds don't want to listen to you talk to your sisters in Pittsburgh or Wisconsin. In order for them to listen one party has to be a known terrorist or from a terrorist state. Last time I checked Philly and Wisconsin were not on that list. Innocent Americans are not going to be tried without evidence being presented unless they have ties to terrorism. And even then your statement is questionable. Why are you being a fearmonger? Your life hasn't changed since the Patriot Act....admit it. Do you sit and shake uncontrolably from fear whenever you talk to your sisters? I don't think so. What a load of CRAP! No one cares if you are gay or what God you worship or if you don't believe in God. Show me where the gov. is stopping you from being gay or practicing your religion.....
2006-11-13 00:19:00 · answer #10 · answered by Cinner 7 · 3⤊ 6⤋
YES! Can't smoke in restaurants, is being prohibited in bars and in some places you can't walk down the street and smoke!
That's personal..........
2006-11-13 00:10:09 · answer #11 · answered by smilinattheblues 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋