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Deconstructing the Patriot Act PR Campaign
Aaron writes "The Center for Democracy and Technology offers up an interesting point for point rebuttal to the the claims made via the 'rah-rah-esque' DOJ's website, part of the PR campaign (including Ashcroft speaking tours) to convince the public the Act is good for them. I think this Broadband Reports article also brings up a good point: among the groups attacking the Act, why do so few of them bring up Echelon? It already gives the government much of the surveillance ability they claim they're lacking, and without congressional oversight. The UN this year even launched an investigation into the use of the system to spy on UN diplomats without much fanfare."
Uh... the 2nd Amendment says that in the need of a well-regulated militia, the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Everyone loves to forget that the Amendment does not say the right of the People, but indeed explicitly limits the right to the case of a militia. Read the whole sentence. Oh, and how biased a view are you going to get from keepandbeararms.com?
#define DRM chmod 000
Basic rights fight against the ACLU?
Contact Me (got tired of viruses emailing me).
Can you say "ad Hominem"?
I doubt it. Therefore, in response let me say, you are clearly pseudo-intellectual douche bag. Take your generalizations about types of thinking and blow them out your ass.
You also ignore the fact that there was a great deal of pressure at the time to pass legislation that would prevent 9/11 from ever happening again. This act was passed more quickly than any other bill of such a controversial bent. Most senators and representatives could be excused for wanting to do something about the problem. What should really be looked at and denounced are those that still support the act after their heads and the public outcry over 9/11 simmered down. As other posters have noted, you can't have both freedom and security, I'd rather have freedom than a life without privacy or freedom.