Reminds me of a time when everybody was scared of communists.
2006-12-01 15:55:22 · 19 answers · asked by Becca 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
George W. McCarthy...Er...'scuse me. George W. Bush just legalizes any BS he can after courts deem it to be unlawful. The PA is brought about by paranoia. It undermines the 4th Amendment and it is utterly rediculous! Not to mention...unnecessary!!
2006-12-01 16:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No. There are not so great parts in the patriot act. For the most part it is a good thing. It is aimed at terrorist. If it was used against American criminals it would not hold up in COURT. One part is data mining i think this should be legal. Every company that you buy stuff from does massive data mining.(mostly without you knowing and without your permission) Why shouldnt the government. Plus when a country is at war people usually do lose there rights. It sucks but we should put MORE blame on the terrorist then on our government.
2006-12-02 01:16:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's an invasion of our privacy. If someone is innocent, then why should the government have to spy on us? Just because I have a cell phone, doesn't mean that I am a terrorist, it just means that I like to be able to contact someone in case of an emergency if I am away from home. Like if my car breaks down in the middle of no where or in case of a car accident. I obey the law and should not have to worry about being spied of for no reason at all.
2006-12-02 00:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by kerrberr95 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's a license to spy on terrorists who are still trying to kill us. Where were you on 9/11? Why the heck do you think there hasn't been another 9/11? Do you think it is dumb luck? Do you think the terrorists have found a softer, more tempting target than the freest, richest, most powerful country in the history of the world? No! The Patriot Act just removed the retarded Clinton/Janet Reno rules that kept the Jack Bauers of the world from doing their jobs.
2006-12-02 00:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by Ed 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To All the idiot out to make bush like a fools...... shut up seriously 6 years ago you would have been complaining that the governemt should have seen the 9/11 attacks coming! and now that our government finally does something to make us safer what do you do? COMPLAIN! airport securty targets middle eastern people..... 5 days after 9/11 you think its violateing their civil rights.
For the love of the United States shut the hell up! if you've got nothing to hide then dont freakin worry about the government listening in on your meaningless phone conversations. Just for once trust our government is doing the right thing.... its not like your complaining makes a difference
And YES it is an act so the government can spy on us to make sure we are not plotting to destroy another american Icon.... if you have a promblem with it i invite you to re-read the paragraph above.
2006-12-02 00:11:48 · answer #5 · answered by Stupendous Man! 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Any legitimate government that is charged with the responsibility to look after the welfare of its people HAS to be able to conduct both domestic and foreign espionage. But thanks to over-interpretation of some civil rights issues and the tendency toward using any instance of domestic surveilance to bash the Republican Party that ability has been compromised. In order to protect themselves the present administration had to pass some laws with fairly open language just to do some things that had been taken for granted for years.
Look, the local cops can't bug your phone to see if you're selling dope without good, clear probable cause. It is against the law for them to use illegally gained information to prosecute you. But it is rediculous to apply that same standard to Federal level agencies that are charged with the security of the nation. For instance they might listen to everybody's phones, but they cannot use any information other than what they gather about threats to national security. In other words, although a CIA agent might learn every detail of your Extasy operation, he cannot act on it or pass it on to other agencies because it is a local law-enforcement issue, not a national level threat. But listening to everything going on out there is the only way to pick up vital leads to really dangerous plots. So you're cool in your little world as long as you don't fall in with international cartels that fund anti-US operatives.
As long as things operate as they should, freedom (even for the criminal bastards that don't deserve it) and the Nation are maintained. But the price of liberty is constant vigilance, so the struggle to keep 'Big Brother' just where we need him to be will go on and on.
2006-12-02 00:19:38 · answer #6 · answered by rumplesnitz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are tough times. We have threats internally and externally. We have threats that the government doesn't even tell us about. In any large organization there are inept and power greedy people, but largely patriotic people trying to do their job. We need to support our government, with all it's flaws, this would be terrible to lose.
2006-12-02 00:05:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is an unclear meaure that took many works of art (of different mediums) off the shelves in the early 2000's. I don't know what they are doing now. I am an artist who loves my country.
2006-12-02 01:08:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. And BTW, because of this "Patriot" Act, we no longer can use the US Constitution to exercise our rights... much less defend the Constitution itself. Our rights are now null and void.
2006-12-02 00:44:55 · answer #9 · answered by Elizabeth A 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK. Ed M bought the hype. Yes it is. It is a poorly translated version of the KGB policy and procedure manual.
2006-12-02 00:04:25 · answer #10 · answered by St N 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋