No, these rights are not for Americans only.
It's that belief that led to the problems we're having today. America must
accord all the same rights that it wishes to accord to its own citizens, or
else it will be correctly perceived to be hypocritical and unjust.
-----Original Message-----
From: Puckett, Matt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:22
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: The idiocy continues!
But lets remember that these rights are for americans only(no offense) and
should not be used to protect the guilty hiding in other countries. They
are not subject to our rights therefore no need for a trial.
Matthew Puckett MCSE, MCP+Internet, MCP
Customer Support Analyst
Sprint PCS
IT Service Delivery
Bristol Customer Care Center
1-423-967-3086 - PCS
-----Original Message-----
From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:09 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: The idiocy continues!
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Stuart Tonge wrote:
> What kind of civil liberties?
For those outside the US, who may not be familiar with our government,
here
is a bit of a crash course:
The foundation of our (i.e., the United States of America) government is
our Constitution. The first ten Amendments to same are called "The Bill of
Rights", and specifically address certain freedoms our government is not
allowed to restrict. An online copy is here:
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/billrights/billrights.html
These form such a cornerstone of our political culture that all you have
to do is mention "the First Amendment" and people will know you are talking
about freedom of speech, press, and/or religion. "I plead the Fifth" is a
common expression meaning "I am not going to answer that, because it might
get me in trouble".
Whenever there is a major public criminal crisis, there are always those
who advocate restricting these rights in the name of "security" or "need".
They do not seem to understand that the worst kind of crime is that
inflicted by your own government against you.
In this case, we can expect people to claim:
- We should punish people without a trial, or even evidence
- We should punish people who have committed no crimes
- We should close our borders
- Police should be able to search anyone at any time without a warrant
- Police should be able to monitor private communications without a
warrant
Any of the above would violate the Bill of Rights.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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