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marketsmart · 08-11-2006, 02:32 PM

do you think you should be able to "do as the govt. does" instead of "do what the govt says"?

what i mean by this is, if the govt can spy on its people in "the interest of national security", shouldnt i be allowed to spy on people in the interest of my personal and national security? this would include: wiretapping, using any means (legal or illegal) to gain access to a persons personal and financial information, etc..

personally, i think anything the govt is allowed to do, i should be allowed to do as well. if they can circumvent the law and in the US's case, the constitution, why shouldnt i be allowed to do the same...

although i am a US citizen, i think this applies to all democratic countries..

has anyone ever read the constitution or the bill of rights? and i mean the whole thing? in a true democratic soceity, its the people that make the decisions, not the govt...

i am no tin foil nut, but i do believe that as a US citizen, we have given far too much power to the govt to make decisions for us that often go against the majority's beliefs of how our govt should be run...

thoughts?

08-11-2006, 02:32 PM
marketsmart HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sunnybrook Institution for the Criminally Insane Posts: 20,419	ATTN: The question of the DAY! do you think you should be able to "do as the govt. does" instead of "do what the govt says"? what i mean by this is, if the govt can spy on its people in "the interest of national security", shouldnt i be allowed to spy on people in the interest of my personal and national security? this would include: wiretapping, using any means (legal or illegal) to gain access to a persons personal and financial information, etc.. personally, i think anything the govt is allowed to do, i should be allowed to do as well. if they can circumvent the law and in the US's case, the constitution, why shouldnt i be allowed to do the same... although i am a US citizen, i think this applies to all democratic countries.. has anyone ever read the constitution or the bill of rights? and i mean the whole thing? in a true democratic soceity, its the people that make the decisions, not the govt... i am no tin foil nut, but i do believe that as a US citizen, we have given far too much power to the govt to make decisions for us that often go against the majority's beliefs of how our govt should be run... thoughts?