Reply #23: That's missing the point [View All]

[Armstead]

I assume you haven't read 1984 in a while.

I'm not opposed to things like NSA wiretapping people who they believe are linked to trerrorism, and otehr legitimate uses of law enforcement to protect national security.

But that's not the same as giving the government -- especially the executive brance -- carte blanche to do whatever it wants whenever it wants. We have those Constitutional checks and balances there for a reason.

This sacrificing of democracy and freedom becausew of blind fear is also is going to bite the people who blindly support that in the butt. Things like using the "Patriot Act" for totallty unrelated criminal investigations like gambling enterprises is the slippery slope.

I hope the "I have nothing to hide" nitwits realize what they'd done when the SWAT teams come to their house over an unpaid parking ticket, or if they get on a watch list because they unknowingly rented a room to someone who knows someone who might be a Muslim.