Yeah, I'm probably going to regret saying this, but w/e =D
Why is it that anything that aides the military always seem to take away--or at least very easily conceivably so-- from civil liberties, e.g., privacy? Dammit, I thought the Patriot Act was a bitch...
Calm down... you may not like the how it makes invasion of privacy easier, but I think the US government has enough self-control to only use such technology when necessary and not on average non-terrorist internet browsers like (I hope) ourselves. A lot of great technology has come from military research. I'd like to thank the military for making this comment possible through the creation of ARPAnet.
This is more to zomg0t, but you really think the government has self control when it comes to using new technology in the military? Really? Look up all the CIA experiments against U.S. citizens. Look up the new story of ATF agents using powers from the Patriot Act secretly bugged a thug's house. These powers were supposed to be used against terrorist, not against Ray Ray and his kilo of cocaine which was probably bought in South America from the CIA in the first place.
what, do you think the CIA is going to send field agents with invisibility cloaks to watch you sleep? when this is usable, it will at first only be used in military applications.
and the Patriot Act? seriously, the US government isn't going to tap your phone line, they're not going to read your mail, and their not going to watch your internet traffic. they really don't care if you like gay black midget porn. if you're not a really bad person, you have nothing to worry about.
You're absolutely correct. And you should be alarmed over the patriot act, the john warner defense authorization act, the military commissions act etc. That is what a true American is. They care about freedom and liberty and you should never give up your liberty for security because you end up losing both. I cannot believe these people on the message boards saying "don't worry about the Patriot act they don't care about spying on you. What about in Britain with all the cameras? Of course the government wiretaps citizens phones - that is even in public memos. So if the 'terrorists' actually hate us for our freedom our government is going to take away all of our freedom? Something doesn't make sense. I am glad there are people mad as hell about this - they should be! These same people in Nazi Germany would be the same way with the enabling act "don't worry they don't want to spy on you" ... yeah right.
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -James Madison
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Yeah, I'm probably going to regret saying this, but w/e =D
Why is it that anything that aides the military always seem to take away--or at least very easily conceivably so-- from civil liberties, e.g., privacy? Dammit, I thought the Patriot Act was a bitch...
Calm down... you may not like the how it makes invasion of privacy easier, but I think the US government has enough self-control to only use such technology when necessary and not on average non-terrorist internet browsers like (I hope) ourselves. A lot of great technology has come from military research. I'd like to thank the military for making this comment possible through the creation of ARPAnet.
This is more to zomg0t, but you really think the government has self control when it comes to using new technology in the military? Really? Look up all the CIA experiments against U.S. citizens. Look up the new story of ATF agents using powers from the Patriot Act secretly bugged a thug's house. These powers were supposed to be used against terrorist, not against Ray Ray and his kilo of cocaine which was probably bought in South America from the CIA in the first place.
what, do you think the CIA is going to send field agents with invisibility cloaks to watch you sleep? when this is usable, it will at first only be used in military applications.
and the Patriot Act? seriously, the US government isn't going to tap your phone line, they're not going to read your mail, and their not going to watch your internet traffic. they really don't care if you like gay black midget porn. if you're not a really bad person, you have nothing to worry about.
You're absolutely correct. And you should be alarmed over the patriot act, the john warner defense authorization act, the military commissions act etc. That is what a true American is. They care about freedom and liberty and you should never give up your liberty for security because you end up losing both. I cannot believe these people on the message boards saying "don't worry about the Patriot act they don't care about spying on you. What about in Britain with all the cameras? Of course the government wiretaps citizens phones - that is even in public memos. So if the 'terrorists' actually hate us for our freedom our government is going to take away all of our freedom? Something doesn't make sense. I am glad there are people mad as hell about this - they should be! These same people in Nazi Germany would be the same way with the enabling act "don't worry they don't want to spy on you" ... yeah right.
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." -James Madison
Before you open your mouth I recommend you do some research.
“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both”
Benjamin Franklin