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Canadian Government Weary of Patriot Act
IllogicalStudent writes "An article on canoe discusses how the Canadian government is moving to counter worries surrounding Canadian citizens' privacy being compromised by the United States' Patriot act. Apparently the FBI currently has the right, through Patriot, to search documents which may contain Canadian information sent to US firms carrying out work under contract. Thankfully, privacy still means something up here."
Doh! You beat me to my awesome burn while I skimmed the article!
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The law explicitly states that the Feds can monitor U.S. citizens. Isn't Canadia just the northernmost state in the union?
If I were Iran or North Korea, I would be loving Canada right now.
The U.S. is taking on the bad guys with little thanks from the rest of the world, but with great benefit to countries like Canada.
The lack of understanding about human nature displayed in your post is truly dangerous. Understanding and compromise? That works if people are reasonable and good. Otherwise, that will be a recipe for disaster.
Except for ending slavery, the Nazis, communism, & securing American independence, war has never solved anything.
I thought we learned a few weeks ago that the Patriot act is a pro-privacy bill.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/01/19
I am very glad you live in Canada. Stop benefiting from my country, and the goods and services that come from it.
DISCLAIMER:
I don't believe what I write, and neither should you.
I've got to disagree with you (and I mean this in a polite manner)-- who is to decide what is dangerous and what is not? Violent actions are illegal, you cannot punish the motivation for such actions. To do so makes no sense.
What if my church says homosexuality is a sin. Some crazy person in my church takes this the wrong way and kills a gay person. Is my church liable? They shouldn't be. Its not the church that condoned or made the murder happen. It was the crazy person.
What if a greenpeace activist kills a cattle farmer? The activist was just doing the will of greenpeace, right?
So now we are going to ban any activist organizations because their words made lead to crime. It doesn't make sense. You've just outlawed free speech.
To be free you MUST take the good with the bad.
http://fromthemorning.blogspot.com/
[FromTheMorning]
I completely agree with your point of view.
/. . How about some of the good? How about the terrorist suspects that have been detained because they could be watched easier, search warrant fast tracked and all?
Part of what happens is that people think they can apply their laws and way of life inside of our borders. Yet, they fail to consider what would happen if you or I tried to do the same thing. What would happen if I went to Canada (which I wouldn't, it is too cold and I don't care for Canada much), and brought my AR-15? What would happen if I went there and burned their flag?
I for one do not trust the government, nor do I trust big business. But, the fact of the matter is, these entities are the backbone of the country we live in, like it or not.
Now, I read alot of the bad points of the Patriot Act here on
Personally, if I found out that someone had one of my children, and the only person that knew where my child was located was sitting in front of me, I would peel their skin off to find the information I needed to help find my child in one piece. Right or wrong, that is what I would do, and it would not bother me if my government did the same thing to people who were trying to cause a disaster here in this country. The people we are fighting, so we all (yes, even you Canada) can be safe, are animals. These people want your women to hide and not be seen, and they want to be able to execute you if you believe in a different God, or none at all. You people that believe that gays should marry... Go to Iran and try it, lets see how well that works out!
Like you said, there will be some bugs to be worked out. This whole process is new to us, and we are going to make mistakes. The world (and some prominent US polititions) seems to feed on these mistakes like parasites, yet they fail to give credit where credit is due. Lets give the USA credit for kicking the $hit out of 2 countries that were either terror based, or supporting terror. Remember, wacko's, Saddam was paying the families of suicide bombers... Is that not a terrorist? Flame away, wackos.
Either way, you have to give the Patriot Act, and also our country, a chance. We may very well be the ones that will come and save your a$$e$ when it hits the fan. Don't think that by being the way you are, you are completely safe from the nasty little world around us. And if you live here, work hard to bring your point across, but do it in a respectable manner.
DISCLAIMER:
I don't believe what I write, and neither should you.
You make me laugh. Do you think the Iraqi cab driver I met last week whose arms were once broken my Saddam Husseins goons chose that way of life?
Do you think the women whose husbands are entitled by law to kill them choose that way of life?
Do you think the people who were killed by the Hussein regime chose that way of life?
As far as I can tell, you are all for freedom--for people like Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, and the Taliban. Apprently Joe Nobody doesn't matter too much to you. Therefore, you are an elitist.
[FromTheMorning]