Do you fear your government?

[Stinky The Clown]

I'm not talking abut the angst we feel on April 15th. Or the tightening of the butt cheeks that occurs when one passes a parked state trooper while doing twenty over.

I'm talking about serious fear that anything you do that is the least out of line or critical could land you in a spot you would never wish to be. Or that your house could be seized. Or that with one mistake your entire life could be redirected or even ruined. A fear that once you stand accused you would be as good as convicted and sentenced.

Do you fear your government?

[Bluebear]

1. When I was told "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear", my blood ran cold. nt

[bdamomma]

2. I do not trust this government.

[bonito]

3. I do, but I will do what's right

That's what I have to live with, and would rather die with. me.

[RL3AO]

4. They want us to fear them...I will not.

[Captain Angry]

5. I will say this.

The destruction of due process means that mistakes cannot be corrected.

If mistakes can't be corrected, being targeted for being an undesirable can be a life sentence.

The system isn't supposed to work that way.

If the people making these policy decisions were to sit back and think about what they've done, and therefore what kind of power they're handing off soon, they would fix this.

That is, unless they have no reason to fear these new powers being used against them.

[napi21]

6. Absolutely NOT! I fear for what the current gob't rulers have done to

my Country, and I fear that we may NEVER get our Constitution back, but these thugs and their constant screaming FEAR, FEAR, FEAR, didn't scare me in the past and it sure doesn't scare me now!

[sakabatou]

7. From V for Vendetta:

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

[pcmcgovern]

8. Yes and no.

I fear the government of the "Patriot Act" but I will defy them despite my fear, and know that I do not stand alone.

[otherlander]

9. Not really fear...

But horror/anger, yeah.

[tomreedtoon]

10. I'm afraid of the people who work for the government.

The government is okay. It's the people in charge that are the problem.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. 71% of respondents fear their government

Is this Stalinist Russia?????

[blues90]

12. I can't even call what we have now a government

I do fear what these people can do because they have proven over and over again what they are capable of and how no one seems willing to stop them .