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Originally posted by theking
Correct...you do not have the answers...but you expect Congress to come up with answers...that will protect the US population from terrorists...but at the same time that please you and only you. You do not care if it pleases the majority of the population...only that it please you.
If the Congress did nothing...you would not be happy...what Congress did you are not happy with...if Congress adds to or modifies the Patriot Act you will not be happy. If Congress discards the Patriot Act and we are attacked again you will not be happy.
On TV a few days ago...a poll showed...that 21% of those polled thought the Patriot Act did not go far enough...22% thought that the Patriot Act went to far...48% were OK with the Patriot Act.
You are free to write your Congressman and tell him that you want the Patriot Act re-written to your specifications...oh I forgot...you can't...because you do not have the answers.
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Are you honestly saying that there could be no solution to the problems the US faces that don't resort to totalitarian betrayals of the rights we have been guaranteed?
I disagree with that estimation. And if it came to that, I think it would be better to risk further attacks, than to become the kind of country we should be so opposed to.
As for disagreeing with the majority, it's a right in an democracy. The majority is often uninformed, especially when their government is lying to them. Part of democracy is the right to share your ideas, to bring others over to your way of thinking. And even if it wasn't about that, I still have the right to hold and defend a minority opinion.