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It is dejecting enough to want to be uninvolved with the process, except that it concedes the initiative to the busy bodies. Fight...
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12/21/2005 5:31 pm |
The one thing I just love about Americans is their unwillingness to allow violations of their civil liberties and freedoms (as oppose to us Canadians who just sit around on our fat behinds letting corrupt government hold onto power and criticizing our neighbors). Unfortunately, the US Government pounced on the opportunity to make a power grab after 911. The Patriot Act was passed just 45 days after September 11 and there was virtually no debate. Although there is now some grassroots groundswell from across the political spectrum, the damage has already been done. Once the door is open, it is very difficult to close. There are over 53 million people in the US alone that feel the Patriot Act goes too far. From what I’ve read, there have been resolutions opposing the Act in approx. 340 communities in 41 states, including four statewide resolutions. Why did this not happen when the Patriot Act was passed? Since when is okay that security and safety come at the price of freedom? If you haven’t already seen it, check out the film by Sidney Lumet/Tom Fontana (Oz) in which stories are intertwined. It stars Glen Close and is called “Strip Search”. In one story an Arab man is interrogated by the FBI, and in the other an American woman undergoes the same treatment in China. The dialogue for each story is identical which creates a really neat effect. If you just viewed the interrogation in China, you’d be shocked. Now the same interrogation is being done in the US - that’s what gives the film its power. The opening scene sets the stage where a college professor asks his class as series of questions on how much freedom they’d be willing the sacrifice for security and peace in the world. How much are we willing to give up?????
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