[jwalsh07]

I have a severe problem with Ashcroft okaying using private citizens to spy on Americans and spying on places of worship.

Does this mean you won't be reporting suspected terrorists in a community near you?

[ThinkDifferent]

Does this mean you won't be reporting suspected terrorists in a community near you?

Of course not, it means that we don't need a massive government program encouraging people to spy on their neighbors.

[Thane_Banquo]

Well, what I was referring to was the new TIPS program, wherein the government hires people to spy on those in their community. If someone is buying 5 tons of fertilizer and a Ryder truck, I'm sure as hell gonna talk to the FBI about it.

[Torie]

How many conservatives do you know on your block that are angry at Ashcroft because he is traducing civil liberties because he is too eager to bag the bad guys? In fact, have you met anyone in the flesh at all that meets that description? What are folks saying in the mall in Euliss, or at the gambling joint in East Connecticut?

[DreamWeaver]

Does this mean you won't be reporting suspected terrorists in a community near you?

Please define just what a suspected terrorist would be like, just what would qualify your neighbor to be one. This is in no means being said in any offensive way, I am seriously just asking the question.

[CreekerFreeper]

Do you think good Americans during WW2 would have turned other Americans in. I would have if they would have been suspected enemies of the United States.