[HPFGU-OTChatter] Rights & Citizens (Carolina, Kathryn, bluesqueak)

[Kathryn Cawte]

Steve/bboy_mn
 
I defend the Bill of Rights to my death, even against my own
government, because the minute we let the government start chipping
away at our rights, we take the first step on the road to perdition.
 
Me -

then you're a little late getting round to acting aren't you? The US
government seems to have spent the last few year eroding the rights of
individual citizens in the name of security. And if that wasn't enough then
American citizens should look at the way their government has acted to other
countries (and don't think I'm trying to set myself up on the moral high
ground here because pretty much unless you start actually nuking other
countries you've got a heck of a way to go to catch up with most European
countries, but like you say America hasn't been around that long). If a
country doesn't resect the rights of other countries, how can you possibly
expect it to continue to resopect those of its own citizens?

K