How Many Rights Will You Give Up in the Name of Safety
We have the Constitution; we have the Bill of Rights as part of the Constitution and an aptitude more laws that protect our rights as human beings. Two thirds of the Bill of Rights is designed to protect our rights. Would you willing give up the safe guards of the Bill of Rights to ensure safety for all?
Let us look at the IV Amendment that protects us from unlawful search and seizure. Would we give up that right to ensure that terrorist cannot harbor dangerous weapons in their homes and businesses that they will use to hurt us? After all how many terrorists have these weapons and yet without just cause no court will issue a warrant. Without a warrant these homes and businesses cannot be searched and the weapons obtained by the police. Therefore, do we allow the government to take the Right away with the promise it will be used to find and convict terrorists so that the innocent citizens are safe.
Think about it though, if the government takes that right away it does not matter if you are a terrorist or not. That right once taken away will apply to all of us. So are you willing to give it up for safety?
Amendment V protects us from Double Jeopardy. Now would you give that right up as well for safety? Say a pedophile is taken to trial, yet there was a lack of evidence on the part of the prosecutor, and he was ruled not guilty. Now this pedophile is back out on the streets and living in your neighborhood near your children. Now say more digging is done and the police find additional evidence that will ensure a guilty conviction but under double jeopardy, this man cannot be retried for the same crime. To protect yourself and your children would you allow the government to do away with the double jeopardy rule and retry this man with the new evidence?
Think for a second though about this because once Double Jeopardy is done away with then we are all prey to a prosecutor who will retry us and retry us until he gets want he wants and that is a guilty verdict. How many innocent people will be retried until they are found guilty if this Right is taken away?
So how far do we allow the government to invade our lives and take our freedom away all in the name of safety? Should innocent people lose their rights just so that we can ensure the guilty always pay for their crimes or to prevent a crime from happening? This is your country and your voice so let it be heard. How much will you give up?
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Post a CommentWow. What a difference a few years makes! So Bush was the Devil back in 2008, and Obama was the Messiah. Today he has usurped many of our rights and made many Americans fear and hate the government. In the past 3 years Obama has: reauthorized the Patriot Act, violating at least six of the Bill of Rights 10 original amendments – the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th.
He authorized the targeting of US civilians for assassination, uses drones to spy on Americans in CONUS, and added over 7000 new regulations that limit what sovereign citzens can do on their own property or businesses. His administration lies daily about terrorist threats to our country, and looks for new and inovative ways to enslave us with a mountain of beuracracy and taxes. Hope and change? You got duped!
“It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government.”
There are some saying that I believe that are pertinent here. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Also, Ben Franklin stated that if you give up your freedom for safety, you deserve neither. As the son of a New York city cop there was one day I went fishing with him. He pulled a .32 special (chrome plated with pearled handles) while fishing in Jones inlet he threw it overboard. I knew he had the pistol in our house for many years as my brother and I used to check it out occasionally. Does the term throwdown or satutday night special ring a bell . I wonder during all those years of him being a cop if our house was searched if the N.C. P.D. would he of been busted for an unregistered firearm. Possibly would "professional courtesy" be exercised by the police. I wonder how many law enforcement have illegal object in their house that will never get searched because of their occc
good article and it depicts acurately what Bush is doing in the name of security!
Scary thoughts but much truth, you should read my articles on Rick Fleaharty who wants to be president.
He believes are freedoms are going by the wayside.
Thanks for sharing. VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!
Food for thoought. Great article!
Thought provoking article. Gov't has been quite powerful. While recent terrorist searches may have been necessary, the federal govt has a history of going after people for many other reasons including laundering money, etc . . . even just based on suspicion.
I'm in favor of a limited gov't . . . but I don't have easy answers for your questions.