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."

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Re:Overacting

[cpuenvy]

I completely agree with your point of view.

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 /. . 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?

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.