Is law freedom or distorying freedom? By that is infrigment to protect society an acceptable freedom? Give your first important free right as an American. Good interaction, thanks.
2006-12-09 03:44:04 · 12 answers · asked by edubya 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Do you accept laws that infringes (takes away, lessens or demolish) your past or current freedoms as freedom, will this be a new acceptable form of freedom?
2006-12-09 04:00:55 · update #1
Try 5 years, not 50. Here are a few rights which have been limited by the Bush administration under the claim that the threat of terrorism requires it : Privacy rights to phone communications, library records, right to an attorney, habeus corpus, right to see evidence, right to speedy trial, right to be free from cruel and inhuman punishment.
2006-12-09 03:48:26 · answer #1 · answered by Snowshoe 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Those that would sacrifice freedom for security will have neither." I paraphrased, but that's pretty close and hits the nail on the head. Citizens in this country continually demonstrate their willingness to trade their rights for laws and regulations of dubious benefit. As such, that brings to mind another favorite quotation of mine: "No man's Life, Liberty or Property is safe while the Congress is in session." People are increasingly intolerant, it seems, and this intolerance (when codified into law, especially) is eroding our freedoms. We are transitioning from a society in which the focus is on individual freedom to one whose focus is the collective good. Collectivism is the enemy of freedom, suborning the individual to the government and the majority. Freedom is about choice, acting in any manner you wish so long as it does not infringe upon another's rights. For me, the right that brings this into the sharpest focus and truly demonstrates the sovereignty of the individual is that enumerated in the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution. While discussion at length is beyond the scope of this response, a perusal of the writings of the founding fathers and other early American statesmen are a good place from which to draw understanding on this subject and why it so clearly defines the issue.
2006-12-09 03:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by DJL2 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know that 50 yrs ago we didn't have terrorism on the level we do now. We ourselves have abused a lot of our freedoms and have demanded freedoms that shouldn't be. We also think today that we should enjoy all our freedoms without cost. Our freedoms have expanded from 50 yrs.ago.
2006-12-09 03:52:44 · answer #3 · answered by Brianne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mixed bag. The most important right is the right to live. There are areas in big cities where people do not have the right to walk their streets in safety.
Free speech is curtailed by the PC Police.
There is constant pressure against the right to bear arms.
We are still free & I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
2006-12-09 05:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-30 04:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by langhorne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedoms as a whole have expanded. Between the civil rights movements and equal opportunity for women in the workplace, it is a whole new country.
2006-12-09 03:51:47 · answer #6 · answered by Shawn M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you are a white male, freedom is less than 50 years ago, If you are a woman or black, then freedom is much more.
2006-12-09 03:47:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Our freedoms are going more downhill every day. More laws and less freedom. Pretty soon, we will be socialist and told when we can pee.
2006-12-09 03:47:04 · answer #8 · answered by Jade 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It has remained the same.
As to the rest of what you said, reread and restate so that it makes sense.
Thank you very much, while you're up!!
2006-12-09 03:51:55 · answer #9 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it hasn't shrank unless you have something to hide and has something to do with terrorism.
2006-12-09 03:58:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋