I'm not going to go into details, look it up on wiki if your confused. keep in mind that if the govt wants you taken down, they can "associate" you with a terrorist, and use the advantages of the USA PATRIOT act against you.
so- is it worth it? and why or why not?
2007-01-08 10:41:12 · 10 answers · asked by turkey 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think Ben Franklin says it best:
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
2007-01-08 10:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by sunnyd_137 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO it's not worth it at all..First of all we are supposed to be "free" country and the patriot act is not very patriotic or fair in any way-We are supposed to be setting examples of freedom for the rest of the World and here we are showing just how hypocritical the policies are in this country..
2007-01-08 18:46:42 · answer #2 · answered by Art 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Definitely not worth the personal loss to me. I've always been so proud of our Constitutional rights. The Founding Fathers would be ashamed of us. Ben Franklin said "Those willing to give up personal rights for temporary safety deserve neither". GW said after 9/11 "don't let the terrorists win-if they change our lives, they win" Life is scary so we are apparently willing to give up our grandmothers for a little (promised) safety.
In the American revolutionary war, they fought for our freedom from King George(SO ironic) and paid for our constitution with their blood. They risked treason and hanging for the birth of this country. And we throw it away.
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
Following the above is a list of King George's abuses...good reading
2007-01-08 19:11:18 · answer #3 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from the government.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither.
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.
2007-01-08 18:50:29 · answer #4 · answered by jeb b 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if uncle sam wants to listen to my 900 phone convo's go right ahead.
if they want to see my bag of tricks that i keep in my bedroom,
go right ahead. other than that, come and join the party.
if the red tape is cut for them to find and deter terrorists here so be it.
as far as having drugs and being afraid of getting caught or having child porn, what ya doing with it in the first place.
you only scared if you got something to hide.
plain and simple
2007-01-08 18:46:34 · answer #5 · answered by sharma 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not for it at all. The last time the government had that kind of power...it abused it seriously. I am sure you are not old enough to remember it though. A good reason to study history well. Look up Sacco-Venzetti Case, The Rosenburg Trials, and the McCarthy Era...for starters.
2007-01-08 18:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
not for it at all? did we even vote on that or was it just assumed it was something the country "needed"? i just cant wait until January 20, 2009. what a happy day that will be.
2007-01-08 18:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by xi3reakeroi3cx 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is not. The simplest answer is all I need. It defies, at least in part, the 4th amendment. It is not just morally wrong, it is technically illegal.
Not that I recommend putting up a fight lol.
2007-01-08 18:45:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes. im tired of people getting off bc of some fluke in the system when everyone knows their guilty. to me this is an acceptable way to put right some of that bull****.
Those who are afraid of this don't want to get caught for smoking pot or some other dumb stuff... the gov't doesn't care about you!!! you're not as important as your little brain thinks you are!
P.S. i don't know who's giving the questioner thumbs down but give him some credit for trying not to sound bias.
2007-01-08 18:45:21 · answer #9 · answered by TJ815 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If you're not safe, freedom is worthless. To be free, you must be safe first. It's like having all the money in the world, but not having your health to enjoy it to the fullest.
2007-01-08 18:44:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋