Under What Circumstances Should Our Civil Liberties Be Comprised?

As Ben Franklin said, those that would give up liberty for freedom deserve neither and will lose both.

Oh, the rights of Americans were being encroached upon by their own government far before the attacks of terrorists. We know for a fact that the government has kept an eye on us - even without warranted approval, for some time. The Patriot Act just makes it "legal" in the name of security. Under no circumstances should our civil liberties be compromised, but sadly, there's nothing to stop the government from doing so. There's so many people on either side who are willing to lay down and be a doormat for their government to walk all over.

First, welcome to myLot! It's great to bring in new ideas with new myLotters. I don't think there's ever been a good enough excuse to curtail our civil liberties. Under the current paranoid Administration, we've been wiretapped without a need for a court's permission. We're tracked on the internet all the time. Our phones, whether landline or cellular, are monitored at any time. The GPS might be a great way to get directions, but it also means having everything we door say in the car monitored -- get a map! Terrorism has cause us to live in enough fear to change a lot of the rules for governments, courts and even employment. Somehow, there's a tinge of fascism attached to everything. How can we fight back? I'll do whatever it takes, short of imposing on the rights of others!