Hi Sweetie,
Freedom is a choice & to give it up remains
in the eye of the beholder. Is it 4 u, a very commendable act, but what r the benifets, falls that come with it. If it will help someone
yes, 4 u at what cost? I see u fit to give it up
no cost, mentally r materistically u have that
right, so long as r not hurting people in the process. Again, Kara one of r vauge qestio.
R'll killing me Girl! Just once, I'd like 2 see u elaborate, it'd be refreshing. lol
Give r bird a peck from me. (smile) & see if he can say my name plse, that's cool, wish I
had a Cockatiel to teach words to/respond.
LOL Always, Diana D
P.S. Everyone's talking bout the damn war & Gov't re: ans. r You? Because I'm dead said against it!
2007-09-12 11:53:49
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answered by Diana D 5
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No freedom is worth giving up, and very rarely will freedom that is given up be given back. In writing the Constitution for the United States of America, James Madison said that states in order to enhance their power, often resorted to “the old trick of turning every contingency into a resource for accumulating force in the government.” The idea is to foster an emergency, and then step in to “save the people” by drastically increasing state power. And if we look at history that is exactly what happened. Dictators came in played off of people's fear and said give me a little bit of power by giving up a few freedoms. Much like Madison described above. Nazi Germany was a great example of this, and we all know what happened. The Consitution was designed to prevent such a thing from happening by limiting the government's power. This is why we cannot give up any of our freedoms to the government especially when they tell us give up a little bit of minor freedoms so we can keep them. Because they will come back for more and more until eventually we have none. And who's going to protect us from the government once they have all the power?
2007-09-11 18:11:53
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answered by j 4
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Give up freedom to keep freedom...I know people actually think that way, but I don't get it.
September 11 was a great tragedy, but in reality it only killed .001 of the population. Things like, um, driving or heck - wheat! kills more people than that over any given time-frame.
There is NO EXTERNAL threat to American freedoms, only a pathetic threat of violence by fairly ineffective religious fanatics who got one good punch off a few years ago (after how many failed attempts?)
Our reactions at home and abroad are not in any sort of proportion of the real level of relative threat. By sacrificing our freedoms, we give the terrorists too much credit and we give our government too much control.
2007-09-11 17:55:44
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answered by freedom first 5
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Is it worth getting your throat cut if you don't fight to keep the freedoms those before you fought for? Any freedom taken away from you by the left is freedom lost forever, limited freedom suspended for a period of time through time of war is freedom to look forward too.
2007-09-11 17:58:09
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answered by Barney 6
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How does giving up freedom keep you free? I hate the idea of giving up freedoms for security, we may as well send a thank you card to Osama and say ,"you win", you caused us to change our way of life.
The idea that being safe, is worth giving up personal liberty also is in complete opposition to the intent of our founding fathers. We all need to remember that these freedoms and rights we give up in the name of safety, have all been paid for in blood and great sacrifice. Once you give them up they are not easy to regain.
2007-09-11 17:55:52
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answered by Anonymous
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No, if you give up any freedom you become less free and more controlled. And once you start giving up freedoms were and when will you stop. Ben Franklin said it best: " He that gives up a little freedom for more security, deserves neither Security or freedom"
2007-09-11 17:55:05
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answered by zipper 7
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I think it is highly important to keep our checks and balances in place when it comes to governmental intrusions on our individual liberties and I think the US Constitution provides safeguards for this purpose when it is strictly followed.
It is important to note, however, that when the US C was drafted, we did not have the technology we do today and all the opportunities to invade our liberties. I think we need to deal with this as soon as possible. The internet should not be a tool for our privacy to be exploited by anyone. Yet it is. And I think we Americans are getting too desensitized to our personal information being available to anyone who can access it.
That said, the government has a duty to keep us safe from outside harm. That means international enemies. I think we unleash the government's ability to do this, with the caveat that our US citizenship rights under the US Constitution remain inviolable.
If you read the Patriot Act and the MCA, you can see that the rights taken away are those of enemies of the US. Let's make sure it stays that way.
2007-09-11 17:58:29
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answered by ? 7
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Judging by some of the answers here surprisingly some American people began to realise that all that wiretapping business and other invasion of privacy perpetrated by fascist Bush administration are nothing else but to control American people and to take their freedom and liberties away from them. However there are still so called useful idiots are left among Americans which do believe that telephone wiretapping and interception of electronic communications of American people are being done in order to protect them.
Did anyone here ever thought that if there are any real professional terrorists beside an imaginary ones are out there don't you think that they would not be aware that telephone conversations and emails in the US are being regularly monitored by government agencies and will use different methods of communications. God, it is so easy to understand that all this is being done by government only in order to control Americans and in order to take American freedom away piece by piece.
2007-09-11 18:21:12
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answered by Anonymous
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"They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
Oh btw, yeah Mr. Franklin didn't live in the time of WMDs but the essential principles of freedom and liberty still apply today.
2007-09-11 18:01:05
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answered by bigbiff_70 4
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Depends on the freedom. Do I want to give up my right to privacy? No. I am not willing to give that up.
2007-09-11 17:49:53
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answered by Anonymous
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