XXplorher
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This could be trouble…
The government can, and has in the past – abuse your civil liberties with laws such as this.
The issue isn’t ‘well, it’s only for suspected terrorists’. The issue is – they now have the right to tap into your privacy, using this law as the enabler. They can get information on you for ANY reason, using ‘suspected terrorist operation’ as the reason they came across it. And that DOESN’T mean you were ever fingered as involved in a suspected terrorist operation. It means they happened across the information while SEARCHING for suspected terrorist… and now they want to pin something else on you, cuz it suits their needs. Doesn’t mean you have to be guilty of something either. There are PLENTY of innocent people in our jails. Hell you could be John Lennon and considered a threat to national security – don’t laugh, that’s on record! (Not to mention the possible blacklisting that can come about from this. We’ve seen that before, eh).
The problem isn’t ‘us’ and our lack of safety/security measures. (Though, there are minor things we can fix.) The issue is THEM – and how we choose to deal with THEM. Action = reaction. Sometimes you’re gonna get hit before you can punch back. Does anyone really expect perfect guarantees of their safety? Ridiculous. In THIS country - a murderer doesn’t get incarcerated until he murders someone. Shit happens, people.
I want to react on terrorism. I DON’T want to react upon my own country.
I’m not a fan of this new bill. Nor the continued want of ‘extra’ security measures. It’s a tightrope avoiding the very reasons this country was founded.
Some specifics of the bill:
-less stringent wiretapping and electronic surveillance
-access to private educational records
-a powerful e-mail wiretap system.
-allowed the attorney general to detain for 7 days, or immediately deport, any immigrant suspected of terrorism
I’m all for intelligence gathering. But when it can be manipulated and abused to cause knee jerk prosecution, deportation, or alternate investigation – that upsets me. I don’t like people following me around unless I’m guilty of something, eh.
This isn’t something that should have been passed without the American people’s consent, or even consideration!
PS Manu – this is what I was talking about. Here's hoping the American people make a stand against it if it starts getting abused...
The government can, and has in the past – abuse your civil liberties with laws such as this.
The issue isn’t ‘well, it’s only for suspected terrorists’. The issue is – they now have the right to tap into your privacy, using this law as the enabler. They can get information on you for ANY reason, using ‘suspected terrorist operation’ as the reason they came across it. And that DOESN’T mean you were ever fingered as involved in a suspected terrorist operation. It means they happened across the information while SEARCHING for suspected terrorist… and now they want to pin something else on you, cuz it suits their needs. Doesn’t mean you have to be guilty of something either. There are PLENTY of innocent people in our jails. Hell you could be John Lennon and considered a threat to national security – don’t laugh, that’s on record! (Not to mention the possible blacklisting that can come about from this. We’ve seen that before, eh).
The problem isn’t ‘us’ and our lack of safety/security measures. (Though, there are minor things we can fix.) The issue is THEM – and how we choose to deal with THEM. Action = reaction. Sometimes you’re gonna get hit before you can punch back. Does anyone really expect perfect guarantees of their safety? Ridiculous. In THIS country - a murderer doesn’t get incarcerated until he murders someone. Shit happens, people.
I want to react on terrorism. I DON’T want to react upon my own country.
I’m not a fan of this new bill. Nor the continued want of ‘extra’ security measures. It’s a tightrope avoiding the very reasons this country was founded.
Some specifics of the bill:
-less stringent wiretapping and electronic surveillance
-access to private educational records
-a powerful e-mail wiretap system.
-allowed the attorney general to detain for 7 days, or immediately deport, any immigrant suspected of terrorism
I’m all for intelligence gathering. But when it can be manipulated and abused to cause knee jerk prosecution, deportation, or alternate investigation – that upsets me. I don’t like people following me around unless I’m guilty of something, eh.
This isn’t something that should have been passed without the American people’s consent, or even consideration!
PS Manu – this is what I was talking about. Here's hoping the American people make a stand against it if it starts getting abused...
