You are brainwashed brother, you are believing in an idealized utopia that the constitution never was and was never intended to be. It is an ideal that terrorism uses against us.
I deal with 1000`s of people every year in NYC as a part of my job, and I can honestly say that 99.999999999% of them are good law abiding citizens. I am talking about pure 100% unadulterated common sense here.
The only way the war against terror is to be won is for EVERY single person to pitch in and do his part, to make sacrifices and use their head.
If I saw my neighbor having middle eastern looking people over at all hours of the night like that psycho from Brooklyn 7 years ago who wanted to blow up the subway, I would not hesitate for a second to confront that SOB. I would not do it aggressively, but by simply questioning him.
Let me ask you a question, imagine some guy named Mohammed moves next door to you, you see all this weird stuff being moved into his place, electronics, bags of chemicals, you see middle eastern men you never see before visiting him all hours of the night, what would you do? Call the cops?
What the hell are cops going to do? They can`t do anything without a search warrant. You on the other hand can by simply knocking on your neighbors door and asking him what is up. If he acts like a wise ass, smash his face in, no really.
Screw the bastard. I`ve been arrested twice for assault and I don`t regret it one bit because I was right to do so. People were dealing drugs in my building and the cops had no evidence, so I took mater into my own hands, but guess what? No more drug dealing and no more a-holes hanging around my kids.
Just think, you probably do that already if your neighbors blast music at 2am, what the hell is the difference? You are comparing Nazis to common sense and reason, and you are taking out of context my point, which is these scumbags use our own constitution against us. All I am saying is the constitution can be bent without it being destroyed and it is best bent by US citizens.
You think that the US government is made up of these sadistic automatons who seek absolute power but you forget this is the UNITED STATES. One of my best friends is a secret service agent, my two brothers are cops and my cousin works for the FBI. When you say "the government" you are talking about common everyday US citizens, your relatives, your friends your neighbors.
It`s not "THEM" it is "WE". You are placing responsibilty on the military, on the cops, etc etc "because it is their job" yet you are so very eager to fight those who you deem might damage the constitution. What about those who would not hesitate to blow you up? I would think that would be a hell of a lot more important for you to focus on.
You really need to get yourself under control. One day, you're going to start something with the wrong guy and you're going to wind up laid out on the floor or maybe a heck of a lot worse.
A. Lincoln used the kind of arguments you use albeit in a better cause. We have examples of the "WE" in gov't abusing power and authority at all levels.Members of my family have at times done things I do not approve of and even seriously violated the laws;I really wish they hadn't.Neither can you be sure that your family and friends will always follow the law.
Common sense is an overused term that is hard to define,and common sense is often wrong.Common sense once held that man would never fly.
You are a scary individual. In a bad way, not a good way.