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Originally Posted by powerclown
I've got no problem with The Patriot Act. If you're not doing anything wrong to begin with, you have nothing to worry about. Be a law abiding citizen, and the government won't bug you. Simple.
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American history is filled with tales of official abuse of power by law enforcement personnel, federal or otherwise. This history of abuse is the very reason that we have so many legal protections from law enforcement. To me, it seems a little naive to assume that government won't abuse newfound powers. If history is any indicator than we must assume that they will.
But I've said all of his before. Follow Art's link if you want to see my much more verbose argument from 4 months ago.