Sue wrote: >> What freedoms are you willing to relinquish in the fight against terrorism? None? I am only saying that if the government decides to do this and it is voted through (as Kakki thinks it won't be) then don't we have a duty to obey? <<
I am not a US citizen but I don't think any citizen of any country has a duty to blind obedience. I could be wrong, legally speaking, but I would say that citizens have a moral duty to change bad laws rather than obey them. This they can do by writing to their elected representatives, voting, protesting in the street and / or any legal ways they feel to be justified. Sue went on: >> it is for my own good that I now buckle up, but I did give up a right to decide what risk I took while driving.<< Is this really such a big right to lose, the right to fly through the windscreen, possibly losing your head in the process? Sue continued: >> The WTC, a symbol of all that we believe in, American capitalism, brought down like a house of cards. << To which Fred replied >>It's not a symbol of what I believe in. And I know I'm not the only one.<< I'm with Fred here. Sue continued: >> Is it really too much to ask that we look out for each other in an organized, concerted effort?<< No it isn't, but that is not what the TIPS programme sounds like to me. Kakki is right when she says >> This one is a bad and dumb idea.<< Resist it, it's your duty. Mike in Barcelona. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here
