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somehow 'let freedom ring' doesn't quite carry as it once did ....
Tell me about it. Try buying a firearm legally in California these days. Ugh.
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somehow 'let freedom ring' doesn't quite carry as it once did ....
Tell me about it. Try buying a firearm legally in California these days. Ugh.
I don't have a problem buying or carrying a firearm.
Warrentless wire taping, 'sneak and peak,' . . . . . in general, 'The Patriot Act.'
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In 2004, the FBI makes official apology for mistake
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On November 29, 2006, the U.S. government settled part of the lawsuit with Mayfield for a reported 2 million dollars. The United States government issued a formal apology to Mayfield as part of the settlement.
You know as well as I do that while it is great political rhetoric, what you suggest is not possible. How do we stop those small % of individuals who wish to harm? We have rules/laws that tries to not only punish them, but stop them before they act. Innocent people will very rarely get in the mix every now and then, that does not indicate a failed system...Innocent men have been put in prison ever since the advent of our system, you don't tear it all down for a few mistakes, do you?Stevo said:now you may say a small % of the population is being abused here, and i'll agree. But the very premis of freedom lives via a common denominator in that if ONE person is being abused, the whole of us all come down one notch on the freedom scale.
I did not blame immigrants or minorities for any of the problems. If you read what I said correctly, you would have noticed I was stating that current culture in certain areas tend to be the cause of this downward spiral that pulls people into, thus leading to a life of crime. Where in this argument do you pull out that I blame minorities? Could it be the classic race/minority card that is pulled out whenever some people talk about personal/cultural responsibilty to those in the community who wish so hard to blame all on the "evil empire"?Stevo said:and blaming everything on immigrants or minorities (as you've alluded) is just a copout (pun intended) isn't it? After all a police state only survives via validation and/or diversionary tactics. When the validity of the laws imposed looks thin, keeping us fighting among ourselves is the best out available
You didn't? Read up to your last few responses, you clearly indicate that you want to decriminilize certain crimes as an answer to the high prison rate...Stevo said:and i didn't say abolish our laws either did i ? my god how many words do you intent to stuff in my mouth man? how's about 'make some sense of the laws we do have' for a start?
......Stevo said:case in point, i didn't read anyone here mentioning decriminalization
Stevo said:how's the element of collusion set with you on our longest war (drugs), producing over 2 million non violent inmates? note that other countries have let go the strict standards we have, decriminalizing minor offenses
I don't have a problem buying or carrying a firearm.
Me Neither got a shotgun in the truck.
In truth, a LAW will not stop anyone from doing something they are bound and determined to do. We had laws making sending bombs through the mail illegal, but the Unibomber succeeded it doing it for decades before he was finally caught. How often have we heard on the news that so and so, who is divorced from such and such AND has a restraining order, goes off and kills such and such? Oh, but wait, we have laws!! Hence the power of determined individuals. Todays terrorists are the same way. When an individual, or group of individuals, is bound and determined to cause harm to someone else, or a group of someone elses they will succeed, no matter what the law says. I'm not saying the system we have has failed, however this illustrates that we have flaws in our system. Clearly it's not perfect. But as Stevo clearly points out, when ONE of our freedoms is infringed upon, ALL our freedoms are infringed upon.You know as well as I do that while it is great political rhetoric, what you suggest is not possible. How do we stop those small % of individuals who wish to harm? We have rules/laws that tries to not only punish them, but stop them before they act. Innocent people will very rarely get in the mix every now and then, that does not indicate a failed system...Innocent men have been put in prison ever since the advent of our system, you don't tear it all down for a few mistakes, do you?
First, I am sure everyone would agree that we have flaws in the system, no one has hinted that the system is in any way perfect...In truth, a LAW will not stop anyone from doing something they are bound and determined to do. We had laws making sending bombs through the mail illegal, but the Unibomber succeeded it doing it for decades before he was finally caught. How often have we heard on the news that so and so, who is divorced from such and such AND has a restraining order, goes off and kills such and such? Oh, but wait, we have laws!! Hence the power of determined individuals. Todays terrorists are the same way.
wolfwyndd said:When an individual, or group of individuals, is bound and determined to cause harm to someone else, or a group of someone elses they will succeed, no matter what the law says. I'm not saying the system we have has failed, however this illustrates that we have flaws in our system.
Interesting. So if we can agree on the argument, why is it we're coming to two differing conclusions? Difference of opinions I guess. I just don't see the point in having a more intrusive law if everyone (or at least you and I) can agree that it's not going stop the terrorists.What is funny is that your argument is one of the biggest in favor of the Patriot Act and greater security and intrusion into certain aspects of our lives. The fact that the "terrorists" will stop "at nothing", is the reason we created these proactive laws of sorts, that try to put a stop to any plots as they are forming or before they start. And because the "success" of these plots can impact thousands of lives, there is a more intrusive method to sniff them out...
Once you reached a certain point in life, you will realize that all that is B.S. and only certain figures and positions actually change things in the world...
translation; the powers that be have us by the balls, so there's no sense in raising a fuss
that's the apathy factor that allows them to get away with it too
do carry on...
~S~