06-19-2007, 07:30 PM | #11 |
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I find it odd the Waters and others downplay the danger of Bin Laden and other terrorists because they've only killed 2,000 or so Americans (at least on American soil).
But this whole Guantanamo thing is ultra scary even though only a relative handful of people have been affected by it. |
06-19-2007, 07:47 PM | #12 |
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No question that Bin Laden and other terrorists are scary. But I also find it scary in how our people are treated and our rights often getting trampled. The story here is disturbing because people are not finding it surprising. We are now a country that either shoots first or puts people in jail before we really know what is going on...and we have 50% of the country saying that is the way to do things now.
Conservatives have complained for years about how the government is trying to control our lives...and now the government is in our lives more than ever before all in the name of 'national security.' exUte was arguing a few months back that he would be fine if he was wiretapped if they thought he was doing something bad. I truly doubt it, but I hear that silly argument all the time. Fear is driving our country now and it leads to some bad decisions which is sad. |
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the reason it can happen is because the current administration's take on these things is that if "terrorism" is in the equation, Constitutional rights don't apply.
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