The Patriot Act extended by Senate

[Slyfox696]

I, for one, could not be more pleased my civil liberties are continuing to be trampled in the name of a faceless terrorist enemy. Celebrate the eradication of those pesky 4th and 5th Amendments here!

Source: http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/0...m_campaign=Feed:+Slashdot/slashdot+(Slashdot)

 

[The Dewbliners]

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin.

I think this pretty much sums up what any intelligent human being feels about the Patriot Act.

 

[X]

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."-Ben Franklin.

I could have sworn reading somewhere that Ben Franklin never actually said that, on a list of the most misquoted quotes of all time or something. I could be wrong.


No shocker here though, the Patriot Act is just the kind of bullshit liberty-trampling hogwash tied up in a pretty bow to make everyone feel better bullshit that politicians love.

I really, really wish Obama would destroy that fucking thing.

 

[The Dewbliners]

I could have sworn reading somewhere that Ben Franklin never actually said that, on a list of the most misquoted quotes of all time or something. I could be wrong..

You may be right, X. I simply copy/pasted it from Wikiquotes. All I know, is it's accurate for the situation.

 

[Dwayne_Jason]

Man, I feel sorry for 'Merica today, really do.

 

[Coco]

Would you prefer they give the terrorist enemy a face? Because I'm sure that can be arranged.

 

[Slyfox696]

Would you prefer they give the terrorist enemy a face? Because I'm sure that can be arranged.

The point.















Your head.

 

[Coco]

Knowing full well who the enemy is will make me far more comfortable about all of this. All I realistically expect at this point is an enemy so I can stop feeling so violated.

 

[TheOneBigWill]

Knowing full well who the enemy is will make me far more comfortable about all of this. All I realistically expect at this point is an enemy so I can stop feeling so violated.

America = good guys.

Non-Americans = bad guys.

Anyone with a non-American Face/background would obviously be the bad guys. Problem solved.

Not sure how the whole North & South America thing works out, nor do I understand about the illegal inhabitants already IN our Country, or the legal ones who become suicide bombers. But I'm sure somewhere, someone is evil.

 

[Slyfox696]

Knowing full well who the enemy is will make me far more comfortable about all of this. All I realistically expect at this point is an enemy so I can stop feeling so violated.

You're the enemy, didn't you know? Americans everywhere are the enemy, we just don't realize it. That's why we need these spying counter-terrorism measures, to make sure the people that really matter, the rich white guys, can feel safe at night knowing their low-income employees aren't going to try and do anything dangerous, like stand up for themselves and rebel against our nation's institutionalizing of a class system.

You're the enemy, didn't you know?

 

[Coco]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

That seemed as appropriate a time as any for that.