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Originally posted by sixate
I hope you don't whine the next time terrorists attack. I hope you didn't whine the last time they did. I hope you didn't say we could've done something to stop them....
An injustice won't happen to me. I'm not a criminal. Why are you worried... Are you a criminal?
You still didn't answer my question. How has the Patriot Act violated you ar anyone you know?
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Sixate, you're completeing missing what he's trying to say. No, he or anyone he knows has NOT been adversely affected by the Patriot Act. Same goes for you and me. But that, in and of itself, doesn't make it OK, does it? Simply because your life hasn't changed, doesn't mean it's inconsquential of justified. By the logic you use, I could say "No one I know has been directly affected by terrorism, therefore I have no problems with terrorism." That train of thought doesn't make any sense, whether you use "terrorism" or "the Patriot Act."
The Patriot Act has been abused and led to people's rights being forfeited in the name stopping terrorism. Stopping terrorism is a fine and noble cause, but are you convinced that the only way to advance this cause is through vaugely worded bills that lead to the things that we've seen with the Patriot Act? I'm not, not in the slightest.
And our dislike of the Patriot Act does not mean we're criminals, as you insinuated. It just means we value our rights.