Thread: the Patriot Act
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Old 02-12-2003, 06:18 AM  
evie
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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Where are all the gun nuts screaming about the erosion of constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms? They scream about it loudly enough when someone says gun control.

This Patriot Act seems to be saying nobody in the US has a right to any sort of privacy anymore if the relevent authorities THINK somebody may be doing something illegal.
Just try to ban guns and see what happens, there will be riots in the streets.

What you also have to remember is Bush is intent on going to war because he THINKS Iraq is a threat to the US.

As for the so called freedom Americans enjoy, Eva and I watched "The Way We Were" last night. Had an interesting part of it about the Macarthy trials and the Anti American tribunals.

Freedom of speech usually means the right to say what is accepted.
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