Posted on 10/08/2006 4:02:36 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I agree with the spirit of your post, but I don't think the privacy argument should even enter into the abortion debate. By that logic, it would be OK for you to murder your wife as long as you do it in private. Conservatives made a mistake that may prove fatal in swallowing the hook on that one. Whether there is or isn't a "right to privacy", people want there to be one. Allowing the other side to use it as a strw-man in the abortion debate was extremely ill-advised.
It sounds logical to me however the same people who've got a problem with the Patriot Act more often then not have got a REAL problem with people packing heat !!!
If you aren't doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about.
Either we all are free or none of us are. When we tolerated Nixon's violation of the Bill of Rights to declare a War On Drugs libertarians warned that this was a slippery slope that would lead to the loss of our rights. It has done just that and none of us are free now. I don't know why this surprises anyone.
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I didn't mean you needed to remove me. Unless this is the kind of thing you normally post. My name IS I Love W, after all. There's a reason.
I post a variety of stuff. Some of it happens to be critical of your beloved, some otherwise. :-)
Lol ok, well keep me on the list and I'll just ignore the stuff I don't like :)
Sounds good to me.
*claps* Thanks :)
"The word "privacy" is nowhere to be found in the Constitution..."
Doesn't have to be. Remember the nearly late, lamented Fourth amendment? About being secure in our persons, property and papers? Or the Ninth and Tenth? But then you are one who has no heartburn at all about trampling on the rights of others. I'm sure you'd be a grand enforcer of these laws.
Though, to be sure, our right to privacy does NOT extend to committing murder on the pre-born.
I have nothing particular to hide, but I do NOT intend my life ro be an open book to any idiot with a badge who comes along. This is VERY bad law. The Senate needs to hear about it and why. If YOU want to mail all the particulars of your life, including a set of house keys, your banking info, ALL rhe contents of your hard drive, including things you might know ZILCH about, be my guest. However, you presume to lay MY life open at your great peril.
I have SERIOUS problems with USAPATRIOT I and II. I ALSO have serious problems with ANYONE, W included, who would in any way, shape or form try to infringe on my RIGHT to carry the weapon of my choice where and when I will.
Ok here's what you and the rest of the hand wringers here do about the Patriot Act and any other government intelligence measures that bother you.Instead of telling me,call your Congressman and Senators and ask them to vote against the Patriot Act the next time it comes up for renewal.Another possible solution is if the Democraps win big in November they will probably put an end to a number of the current intelligence measures being used,so go vote Democrap.However as I've stated 500 times before I believe the war on terror requires intelligence measures that in other times in history wouldn't be necessary.We've got an open society who no longer even bothers to try and control who's comming into the country or what they're doing.How you going to deal with that fact if you don't use intelligence? Please don't try and tell me the government's going to round them up and get em out of here either because there's not a chance in hell that's going to happen.For the time being I'm ok with these measures because I believe they're keeping me and my family a little safer,but if any abuse comes to the surface I'll be the first one to yell loud and clear !!!
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -attributed to Benjamin Franklin
By the time the abuses surface and slap you in the face, well... it's WAY too late.
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