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14-07-07, 12:04 PM | #21 | |
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If you really want to know?I stood as an independent in my local ward.I got 57% of the vote cast first time and 62% the next.Want to know how?Easy by knocking doors and talking to people.I went out three nights a week going round the ward asking what people wanted from the council.You would be surprised at what people really care about.I did Okay got some things done,mostly simple things like proper timetables for the bin men and the like.Anything on party lines was hard to get passed. Outside work commitments meant I had to resign,I couldn't give the job my fullest attention. This little simple question. "Also what freedoms have Americans lost? What can they not do now compared to what they could do let us say ten years ago?" How about “sneak and peek” with no redress to the law for a start. Want some more? How about the FBI able to search telephone, email, and financial records without a court order. Now as Sinner quite rightly points out,losing some freedoms might be sensible to combat terrorists. But and here's the catch,where is the oversee.That these agency's know what they're doing.If you have ever worked in a big organisation you would realise that safeguards are critical so mistakes don't happen.After 9/11 and the cock ups around that,do you trust your government agency's to get it right.On that subject,can you think of a good reason for evidence of a crime scene to be destroyed before being examined?I can't. In Britain the debate about how long we can hold suspects is going on against the background of foiled plots. Most Brits in my experience don't like the idea of holding people without good evidence.This is because of the several cock ups made in the 70's and 80's. Albed it's a debate that needs to be had not on party lines. But of course,when somebody has a different point of view to you,you can't stand it. You seem to me a very selfish person.
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in particular, the modern "conservative" (and i use the term loosely) chooses to ignore and/or distort the wiretapping issue completely: the issue is not whether we should eavesdrop on terrorists (of course we should), but rather that the government should adhere to the mechanism to legally do so, in order to assure that this power is not abused. |
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So true
Malva, once again, nailed it.
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15-07-07, 03:44 AM | #24 |
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Your right of course Knife it's a very thin line.
I don't like the idea of giving up freedom to get security. I'm no fan of CCTV at all.Here in Britain they are everywhere.But they have been used to catch a good number of criminals.My wife says she feels safer in town with the CCTV about.So as I say it's a thin line.Powers to stop and search are another,but it's when it starts getting misused is the problem.Having recourse to the law and proper safeguards are needed.Thank God for the house of lords I say.At least they give these things a good looking at. The problem to me is when you get an extreme government using these powers for control reasons. I dread to think what it would be like now if TBW had access to the technology we have today.She used our police for political reasons.She hated working people with a hate.
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Under the Constitution of the USA he is protected to say things like that, and I disagree, the USA is far far from becoming a Fascist State. And he is not my President. I am Irish Canadian...
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malvachat, ignoring what sinner and albed have written for a moment, you need to separate theory from practice when you talk about these things. Theoretically the federal government has the ability, under the 16th Amendment of the Constitution, to tax up to 100% of our income and turn the United States into a socialist welfare state. But that hasn't happened and nobody would stand for it if it did. It's the same with the 1st Amendment. Under special circumstances the government can limit free speech, and if they had the ability to define those circumstances (which they don't) they might limit it entirely. But even if they could put an end to our free speech it wouldn't mean they had. I present this post as evidence; if you're reading this then it means I haven't been censored.
None the less, to be fired from one's job for one's words is not the same as censorship. My boss probably wouldn't fire me for my opinions, but even if he did he still couldn't stop me from expressing them. You see, we're not really talking about freedom of speech here, we're talking about actions and consequences. If we never wanted our opinions to have consequences then we would never express them, would we? If people never faced any consequences for the things they said then they'd lose interest in saying anything meaningful. Take albed for example. He gets away with calling people names and calling them liars in this forum, and as a result he posts a lot but he doesn't really say much. His inconsequential insults are the background noise of this forum, and the precious few points he does make go unnoticed. If he made an effort to censor himself I think he could contribute a lot to this forum. What I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't be surprised when the things you say come back around and hurt you. The 1st Amendment does exactly what it says, preventing congress from making laws that abridge our freedom of speech. Consequence is not abridgment so the Constitution doesn't protect us from the consequences of our words and it shouldn't. Last edited by Mazer : 16-07-07 at 06:03 PM. |
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17-07-07, 03:31 AM | #29 |
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Probably too late for that. Once alcohol and drugs do their damage; or brainwashing by religious fanatics; there's little chance I can reorganize those damaged brain cells so you respect the truth.
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17-07-07, 06:45 AM | #30 |
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I can see where your coming from Mazer.
What I've picked out is. "You see, we're not really talking about freedom of speech here, we're talking about actions and consequences" "The 1st Amendment does exactly what it says, preventing congress from making laws that abridge our freedom of speech. Consequence is not abridgment so the Constitution doesn't protect us from the consequences of our words and it shouldn't" I suppose it's the consequences that happen to restrict your free speech.To me that's the same.This price to pay thing. I fully understand there has to be limits. Now sinner said this "But when it comes to criticizing government and government officials,free and open discussion should be allowed without fear of retribution" And he says "Yes I do. Cindy Sheehan, Mike Moore, John Stewart, Al Franken, Bill Maher, etc etc etc Have not all these people been personally attacked. Not the issue they have raised? Are they not tarred with a brush as being "far left nut jobs"? This happens the other way round as well of course. Neo cons comes to mind. Shoot the messenger sort of thing is what I find so wrong in a so called free society.It happens here in the UK as well. "Theoretically the federal government has the ability, under the 16th Amendment of the Constitution, to tax up to 100% of our income" I'm a bit puzzled about this one. It stands to reason I'm not a student of the constitution,but I watched this a while ago and wondered about this tax thing. http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...arch&plindex=0 Now,as to "ignoring what sinner and albed have written for a moment" Sinner I don't mind at all,sometimes he say daft things.but mostly he answers from his point of view without the silly name calling. For example Daft thing to say. "Don’t care about international law" Answers from his point of view "the USA is far far from becoming a Fascist State" What I said was they're "going down the road to a fascist state" Albed can sometimes can say some sensible thing,I have even agreed with him on a couple of occasions(I know shame on me)But the silly chat is like listening to a child in a school yard.So to tell me to become a man is so silly. But now I know he's a brain surgeon I'll see him differently. "I can reorganize those damaged brain cells" Do you get medals for doing that as well?
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That sort of thing is beyond current neurosurgery. What I was thinking was a shock inducing device to be actuated whenever you lie or act like a scumbag. Such devices are commonly used on dogs to modify their behaviour and there was even a drug rehab center using them on clients, which got some protest from the liberal media.
Enough negative stimulus will cause the brain to reorganize neuron pathways to avoid the pain, at least for somewhat normal brains. Maybe we can break your harmful beer addiction and you'll be able to think clearly like an unimpaired person. |
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