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This was my argument against the 'New and Improved Patriot Act'. Once government takes away a liberty, we will NEVER get it back.

Nonsense. We got habeas corpus back after Lincoln suspended it. During times of war it is natural and necessary that things tighten up. What FDR did during WWII would get him impeached today. A free people will always press for expansion of their liberties but it will be occur during peace time.

But this is something they would do in China and has no place here. We must protect the internet at all costs because the freedoms allowed here rightfully belong to all the citizens of the world.

Nonsense? I disagree. Let's look at recent history as an example. We have 'progressive' gun laws, aimed at 'protecting the children', but have only succeded in disarming citizens. We will never see them overturned. Now we have 'limits' on free speech, and this will never be returned.

Our politicians are nothing but a pack of lawyers that will twist the word of the law into whatever they decide it is. They no longer care if it's illegal or not, but if they can get away with it and for how long.

During 'times of war' you say? Well, we have The War on Poverty (still fighting it, no end in sight), The War on Drugs (ditto), and now The War on Terror (ditto again). Government will always create an enemy to take the heat off their screwups.