Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
I know the whole thing leaves a bad taste in many mouths but as for myself....I'll put up with a bit of big brother looking in for the safety of the many.
it's not so much what they have done so far with these new powers that bothers me, it's what they are capable of doing. in case you have forgotten our government's capacity for injustice, allow me to give you two recent examples - the internment of japanese americans during ww2 and the witch hunts of senator mc carthy and his ilk not long afterward. both of these were considered reasonable responses to outside aggression and they both ended up destroying the lives of countless innocent americans. even without the excuse of war (cold or hot) this government has shown itself to be more than willing to use any means protect the status quo. the history books are filled with politicians who used the power of their office and the might of the us military to quash dissenting opinion where their ideological or economic concerns were involved. the incident in ohio (kent state) was nothing compared to the state sponsored violence used in their futile attempts to destroy the organized labor movements. the list of government run atrocities is long and sad and there is no reason to believe that the political animals in charge now have suddenly found any new respect for the rights of the average citizen.