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Some Rights May Have To Be 'Eroded' For Safety
Turn-X Alphonse writes "The BBC is reporting on a speech given by the head of MI5 in the UK. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller claims in the future some civil rights may have to 'erode', in order to keep everyone in the country safe from terrorism." From the article: "MI5 has recently let it be known that it is in favour of making telephone intercept evidence admissible in court. Previously the intelligence and security services had expressed concern such that evidence might reveal operational details. Meanwhile, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has been calling for EU states to keep mobile phone and e-mail records for longer, to help fight terrorism and crime."
For example, if murder were legal, you'd have the right to kill people that threaten you.
The problem is that those impoverished people voted in an impoverished mayor who doesn't know his ass from his hand, he was "one of them" so he'd understand their "needs". The federal government's job is supposed to remain on a national scale, if a city needs assitance, the mayor must ask the governor, if the governor decides that the state doesn't have the resources then it is the govenor's job to request federal assistance. Neither the governor or mayor requested assistance until the hurrican hit. It is their incompetence that is at fault here. I didn't vote for Bush, I'm not necessarily a fan of his, but people need to stop pointing fingers in the wrong direction.
The federal government can't possibly keep such detailed tabs on every state and city. What next? Are they suppoed to monitor huge blizzards in North Dakota? We don't need the federal government spread out any further, there is a reason there is a hierarchy of federal->state->city and for too long people have been overlapping them. Just like people who are too litigious always sue the biggest target they can for the most money, everyone is pointing the finger at the next biggest target because a) they want more money and b) they dont want the finger pointed at them. There was a mandatory evacuation and it wasn't enforced. Mandatory means mandatory, they should have gone in with guns and handcuffs and taken out anyone who didn't want to leave. They also should of had buses to let them get on. Most of this is all the fault of the mayor. If the governor hears no complaints how is he supposed to know that everything wasn't taken care of? And if the governor doesn't know, then the federal government definitly won't. Stupid people should not be allowed to vote, they are too easily influence by things that don't matter.
Regards,
Steve