Is America willing to put up with some terror to get rid of the patriot act...?

Question

& relax some of our other security measures put in place after 911? Some say they are erroding our constitutional rights & freedoms. What do you think?

Sprcpt- I guess the attacks that it has helped to stop to date were undetemened terrorist. And owe by the way lets not fight back it will only make them mad. Give me a brake?

g- your engaging in misinformation. All of the wire tappings end up in front of a federal judge & I think your smart enough to know that. Nice try though.

uebermaed- I would not say you are unpatriotic. I too believe deeply in our constitutional rights. Do you have any better & constuctive ideas. I'm not trying to be a smart-a*s.

Answer 1

Remember you only tackle the man with the ball in football, cause he is the only one who can score.
So you are just proving to me how much on the Ball he must be.
As a Canadian it seems to me He must be a great president , as well very effective, a man of great stature. Years a head of his time. Only many years from now will they honor Him.
Bush is a man of God. He can not tell you everything now can he? So others take advantage of that.
He is an honorable man of God.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, America lives mostly in the moment.

That means that the willingness to give up some personal freedoms in exchange for a more robust "war on terror" is certainly less today than it was 5 years ago.

Why? Well there have been no new attacks on our soil, and the mainstream media and political opposition from the left have just been banging away on the issue.

But the bottom line is that while more people are opposed today than 5 years ago, there is not nearly enough political support for its opponents to "get rid of the Patriot Act" anytime soon.

Common sense still prevails...for the moment.

Answer 3

well... you're basically saying that America can't be free and respect people's rights and protect against terror at the same time...

I don't believe that...

I think we have some of the best people in the world doing our security and they are more than capable to both preserve our freedoms and our security at the same time...

I don't believe it's a direct give and take...

and some of the measures of the patriot act were great and needed to be done... we need to keep what actually improves our security... and get rid of the few parts that could affect our freedoms...

don't throw the baby out with the bathwater...

so... to answer your question, no, but I don't think that they have to...

and the simple fact is... we don't know if our rights have been violated, because there has not been any oversight to tell anyone... we have no clue who they are wiretapping, only taking their word for it... how much do you trust politicans?

Answer 4

Um.....no. In fact, I've asked - repeatedly - for people to give me an example of their personal rights being trampled on, and have yet to get an answer.

As for the wiretapping, if you're calling Al Qaeda or Hezbollah, you are a security threat and thus shouldn't expect any privacy. Besides, most people use cordless phones these days - it's not that hard for ANYONE to listen in.

Privacy is only an illusion these days. Thanks to the digital revolution, just about anyone with enough interest and money can find out more about you than you would want them to know. Scary, isn't it?

Answer 5

It will not matter if we get rid of the patriot act or not, it will not stop a determined terrorist.

At the pace that we are helping to recruit terrorists in Iraq it is only a matter of time before another attack.

Think about it, we trained Osama just like we are training the Iraqi police.

The Iraqi police are the death squads that are doing the genocidal ethnic cleansing of the Sunni.

The real question is when will the next attack be, not if.

Answer 6

I think that the U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act is a disgrace.

The name itself is so contrived. The letters stand for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act." The fact that they strung these words together in order to spell "USA PATRIOT" is absurd, and screams that anyone who is not willing to fall into line and accept the infringement on their rights is "unpatriotic."

I for one am sick to death of people accusing liberals, secularists, and people who oppose the Patriot Act of being "unpatriotic."

On the contrary, I think there is great patriotism displayed in the opposition of this Act. Our country was founded on certain basic principles, not the least of which is the right to privacy, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. Our government grows more fascist every time they try to take these rights away from us.

I am reminded of a quote:

"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither"
-Benjamin Franklin

Too true, too true.

Answer 7

The problem is few people can actually point out the freedoms they've supposedly lost, and the ones that can are pulling up some pathetic examples like.. I can't check a book on bomb making out of the library without the feds being able to tell.

Answer 8

No, but it really doesn't matter. Congress hasn't said one word about repealing it. A fact I try to point out as often as possible around here. Thanks.

Answer 9

The libs are.
They should just admit it, them and the ACLU are working with osama. I'd like to know how many 9/11's it's going to take before we take this seriously.
People have already forgotten.

Answer 10

I think some Americans would love this to happen!