The Patriot Act Just Got A Whole Lot Worse
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In effect, the government says, 'Give us your freedoms, and we will protect you.' Such a satanic bargain never has worked. The government doesn't give us our freedoms. Our freedoms come from our humanity.We give the government its power.
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The Patriot Act and its progeny are the most abominable, unconstitutional congressional assaults on personal freedom since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 made it a crime to libel the government. With them, Congress and the president have attempted to legitimize the exchange of liberty for security. In effect, the government says, “Give us your freedoms, and we will protect you.” Such a satanic bargain misunderstands the nature of freedom and historically never has worked.
No rational person has ever voluntarily given up his own freedoms. Sacrificing freedom has never made us safer, just less free.
If we allow the president and Congress to treat our constitutional guarantees as if they were arbitrary gifts from the government, we will be doing the terrorists' work for them. The government doesn't give us our freedoms. We give the government its power. Our freedoms come from our humanity. Shouldn't the government be defending our freedoms rather than curtailing them? Didn't the president and members of Congress swear to uphold the Constitution rather than evade it?
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...the land of the free, fighting for freedom...HA! :-)
In effect, the government says, 'Give us your freedoms, and we will protect you.' Such a satanic bargain never has worked. The government doesn't give us our freedoms. Our freedoms come from our humanity.We give the government its power.
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The Patriot Act and its progeny are the most abominable, unconstitutional congressional assaults on personal freedom since the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 made it a crime to libel the government. With them, Congress and the president have attempted to legitimize the exchange of liberty for security. In effect, the government says, “Give us your freedoms, and we will protect you.” Such a satanic bargain misunderstands the nature of freedom and historically never has worked.
No rational person has ever voluntarily given up his own freedoms. Sacrificing freedom has never made us safer, just less free.
If we allow the president and Congress to treat our constitutional guarantees as if they were arbitrary gifts from the government, we will be doing the terrorists' work for them. The government doesn't give us our freedoms. We give the government its power. Our freedoms come from our humanity. Shouldn't the government be defending our freedoms rather than curtailing them? Didn't the president and members of Congress swear to uphold the Constitution rather than evade it?
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...the land of the free, fighting for freedom...HA! :-)
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