Originally Posted by Stompy

Eh, the founding fathers would just be disgusted at the whole damn thing, haha.

1. How uneducated and indifferent people are to their government.
2. How easily manipulated and malformed the government has become over the years.

This extreme imbalance of how things should be affects responsibilities of citizens.

The primary responsibility of a citizen living in this country should be educating themselves, not only in basic intelligence, but as to how our govt works. This prevents catastrophes caused by #1.

I mean, you ask someone if they knew whether or not they had any idea the Patriot Act was renewed, you'd get a "What's a patriot act?!" type of response. These very people have failed their most important responsibility.

There's a responsibility, IMO, of standing up for what you believe in, because without it, this country wouldn't even be here.

Aside from that, and contrary to popular belief, we aren't obligated to do anything we don't want to do... *get ready for the key phrase* : to a point.

Taxes, of course, we have no choice. Following laws... questionable, but that's where common sense comes into play. Murder, for example, you follow to insure a peaceful society, but say, movie/music downloading or personal drug use... is really up to the individual. Common sense insures one doesn't get caught.

It's really subjective, though.