Not directly relevant to bikies, but they don't let you ride bikes down in Ashcroft's gulag in Guantanamo.
"No nation can preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." --James Madison, April 20, 1795
"Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored." -- Aldous Huxley
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From:
They Came for the Muslims, and I Didn't Speak Up
Forum Column (from the Daily Journal, 11/20/02)
By Stephen Rohde
Author's Note: The USA Patriot Act became law a little over one year ago.
First they came for the Muslims, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Muslim.
Then they came for the immigrants, detaining them indefinitely solely on the certification of the attorney general, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't an immigrant.
Then the came to eavesdrop on suspects consulting with their attorneys, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a suspect.
Then they came to prosecute non citizens before secret military commissions, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a noncitizen.
Then they came to enter homes and offices for unannounced "sneak and peak" searches, and I didn't speak up because I had nothing to hide.
Then they came to reinstate Cointelpro and resume the infiltration and surveillance of domestic religious and political groups, and I didn't speak up because I no longer participated in any groups.
Then they came to arrest American citizens and hold them indefinitely without any charges and without access to lawyers, and I didn't speak up because I would never be arrested.
Then they came to institute TIPS Terrorism Information and Prevention System recruiting citizens to spy on other citizens and I didn't speak up because I was afraid.
Then they came for anyone who objected to government policy because it only aided the terrorists and gave ammunition to America's enemies, and I didn't speak up ... because I didn't speak up.
Then they came for me, and by that time, no one was left to speak up.
Stephen Rhode, author of American Words of Freedom
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