Why not "Live and let live?"  

I agree with you. Note that I said that everyone should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as it does not affect someone else's rights. Well destroying their property or killing them is against their rights, and therefore there shoudl be laws against that.
I think that people that are slowly destroying teh community or country could just be the eveloution of our rights and thoughts about society. Not long ago it was there people that were destroying the U.S. by making slavery illegal.
Not only that you have to consider what you are giving up inorder to protect the community or country. As you said, giving up your right to privacy while they check your emails is against the Bill of Rights in the U.S.. Is it worth giving up your Bill of rights and your constitution to stop terrorism, which is actually impossible?

It isn't worth it at all, but we can do nothing against it. Current leadership has changed the constitution to what IT believes is best, and that includes depriving us of several rights. The country does nothing at all however, thinking it's in their interest and all. They slowly put a blindfold on us over time, and now we don't seem to care about freedom and rights. Well, we do seem to care, but seem to tired to actually do anything about it... or perhaps, too afraid. I hate this country more with each passing day. First chance I get, I'm out of here.

I hear you. I am not an American and any thought that I had about heading there for the opportunities, has long past. If they went back to the Constitution prior to about 1913 I would definitely love to become an American. The founding fathers were brilliant in how they set the system up but it is so far from that now that they would be starting a revolution if they were to see it today.

My hope is that these fathers still live in the people. They would most likely have what it takes to set things straight, and if not, they would surely die trying. Because as I understand, that's the way people fought for what they wanted back then. Everything happening today is merely chit chat on the situation, no action taken. Where is the spirit that used to make man? How did it die?

Our society has become very complacent. Everyone thinks that they dereve things given to them and are looking for the quick fix. That connot happen in this situation. I do not know if it died with TV. It really is the opium of the masses. No-one can do anything in the evening because they have to find out who won Survivor or who is the next American Idol. It is crazy that when there is a blackout, like the one several years ago across the entire east coast, that we actually met our neighbours. We actually talked to them because we were sitting outside and not sitting on the couch watching a box.

Forgive me for not responding sooner. My PC died out. I'm currently using my mother's laptop.

To get back on the subject... the reason of our nature today is technology. It started with the desire of entertainment, which is and isn't a bad thing. It's not, because we all need a break from time to time. However, man turned entertainment into a drug. If you ask me, everything we did became a drug over time. There are some that can face these drugs, resist them, and some that, for instance would die without a TV, or a PC. I've recently read an article about this kid who stabbed his mother 17 times because she canceled his World of Warcraft account. I compare our world with the movie Terminator. Our own creations are our undoing. We didn't make killer cyborgs, we made killer drugs instead.

That is a very scary story. What has our world come to? And how do we reverse this and get people off their lazy a$$es and start doing things again?

Good question, difficult answer. Unless we get up and recruit as many people as we can, by showing them this so that they understand what has happened to us over time, we can do nothing, because the ones who do realize what has happened represent under 0.01% of the population. People need to be woken up, but I have no idea how anyone will ever achieve this... the media would be a good way, but I'm afraid all they'll see is just someone else entertaining them, and not take any action... I wish I had an answer for your question. :(

You are right, education is the key. There are great videos on the internet. People need to watch them and send them to their friends. The more people that become aware the more people will be informed that will actually take action.

Take a look at America Freedom to Facsism by Aaron Russo, The Fall of the Republic is also a good one.

Noted. I'll check them both out as soon as I can and get back to you with some feedback. Heck, maybe we'll get so heated up on this matter that we'll actually do something about it... who knows. I for one feel like I'm growing more and more insane these days...

It is true that they are narrow minded. They also waist so much of their time and effort in trying to make people as they are that they are missing out on life and the opportunities in front of them.