My friend just sent me this email. I thought I'd help her out by polling the community:
"Hi Guys,
Listen, I'm doing a paper for my political science class and I need to take a poll ....If you guys could just answer yes or no to the following question, I'd really appreciate it..... It'll help me get a good grade!! Thanks!
Should we be willing to give up some of our basic civil liberties in order to protect ourselves and our country from the threat of terrorism?"
2007-11-10 00:16:02 · 13 answers · asked by Spoiled 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
No - Never!
Once we start down that road, we abandon the constitution and become a facist state.
Freedom is all or nothing.
If you give one thing up - you give it ALL up.
2007-11-10 00:20:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Never!
Our Civil Liberties are the protection of ourselves and our country!
2007-11-10 01:54:07 · answer #2 · answered by Monkeyboi 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You will have to follow your own heart on this one. Many say yes, and many say no. I could argue both sides, in the end when dead, will it make a difference if a telephone call was monitored? Yet where will it end? Our rights end where others start, so do we really have any rights at all? What a mess Bush made of things, there is a better way to deal with terrorism.
2007-11-10 00:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, not as a population.
There is a place for this compromise of civil liberties for the protection of our society, It is called the Military.
2007-11-10 00:31:31 · answer #4 · answered by maryjellerson 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No there are ways to provide safety without losing liberties. For example, secure the border so criminals and terrorists can't simply walk in.
2007-11-10 02:23:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not to give up civil liberties to protect ourselves is too give liberties to terrorists
2007-11-10 03:33:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No we should not. If you check into this you can protect us without infringing on our civil liberties. The ACLU would never want you to hear about that though
2007-11-10 00:24:15 · answer #7 · answered by IH8TomBrady 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No. Give up any and you will lose all in time. The security you think you'd gain is only an illusion. Bad bargain all around.
2007-11-10 01:37:31 · answer #8 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No
I think Benjamin Franklin said it best...
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
2007-11-10 00:26:22 · answer #9 · answered by Augur B 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in my opinion. But it also would depend on which liberties they're talking about. Our country was founded by the bravery of the minutemen, and in the future, the minutemen of the public may be called upon to defend our country again.
2007-11-10 00:27:12 · answer #10 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 0⤊ 7⤋