Why should the U.S. give civil rights to terrorists?
818387
what's a terrorist? \n\nyour question scares me. does that make YOU a terrorist.
289251
The government has no right that we do not give it.  They have the duty to offer us protection and work with foreign governments on our behalf.\n\nThe government does not exist without our consent.
1065937
Yours is a rather intolerant rhetorical question.  Tolerance needs to be consistent.  However, we need to protect ourselves from physical harm and what we all recognize as criminal behavior.  I prefer to permit people to express themselves openly and freely.  The terrorists lost the battle of ideas and ideals and had to resort to violence.  \nPlayground bully's do the same thing.  When that happens, we call the authorities to protect our rights.
372439
My question is why would you want that?\nBut I think you should find a local anti-US terrorist group, tell on them and ask for that in return.
676027
YOu answered your own question.\n\nNo one has the right to break our laws and to do something illegal.\n\nWithout control, any terrorist can learn Spanish and come over through Mexico. This is not a racial issue but a country taking a hard stance to enforce good laws.\n\nNoone can blame the poor Mexicans for trying to better their lives but it cannot go unchecked without damage to our country and the rest of us.
271917
The so-called "Patriot Act" is anything BUT patriotic. It is in direct voilation to our civil rights. This is a travesty since so many people who have come before, fought and died to ensure our civil liberties. We as Americans need to stress to our Congressmen and our Senetors that we will NOT stand for a government that tries to over-ride our civil rights and our very freedom!
852786
Doesn't make sense does it? These terrorist want to kill us and once we capture them they should be given rights? Terrorists love what these people are trying to do for them...
289870
as in we have a right to live in peace, without fear of being killed, harmed , toutured or imprisonet aginast our will, ot have our civil liberties violated .ect... who guanrantees it?\nwe do\nmy role in your right\nnoly to defend it if need be, otherwise you are free to puruse your life as you see fit
1187307
The effects are simple. Once you get the American people on your side claiming the foreigners are terrorist. Which establishes racism among cultures like Muslims,Indians, etc.... Then you gain the path way to declare war on the so called "terrorist" which is nothing but a money bloodshed war. The only terrorist are the ones in the corporate offices, the white house, and the system. So now when common people walk the street they can't help, but feel scared walking and categorizing a turban to a terrorist. Terrorism is nothing, but a brainwashing technique to get americans on their side to support wars.
734388
We defend our needs and ideals against those who would take them away.\nIf muslims want to take the lives of my countrymen or my nations allies then we must destroy them before they destroy us.\n\nFreedom isnt free.
907952
Many of these so called "terrorists" are freedom fighters who do not accept the US govt foreign policies. The US govt has double standard policies based on "YOU ARE EITHER WITH US OR AGAINST US" policy. This is utter nonsense coming from the most" powerful and foolish" man on earth. The US govt should look into the root cause of terrorism to eliminate there problems and thus effectively fight terrorism. War only creates resentment from the civilians and illegal occupation of other countries will create more freedom fighters. Remember that these freedom fighters dont have Tanks,fighter jets etc and have only pathetic weapons compared to the invading forces, so they will obviously resort to guerilla warfare tactics. I think that the British govt should dis-associate from this so called war on terror and concentrate on key issues of world peace.
1058413
Yes they should, because actually if you think about it they are terrorist against each other. The different gangs that is. And innocent bystanders.
981663
Indeed, that is how it should be. All humans of all races should have equal rights.\n\nBut there is a fundamental problem with humans. Humans have a capacity for belief. Having beliefs can be a good thing, but more often than not beliefs lead to terrible things.\n\nOnce someone has a belief, whether or not that belief is true or not becomes irrelevant. The belief becomes "right".\n\nWhich leads us back to the original question. It's a matter of beliefs. It is a war of beliefs. There are some who believe that they are entitled to that land. More believe it is the "holy land". A lot of other people believe it was wrongfully taken from them.\n\nBut because of their beliefs, they believe that the ends justify the means. They are "right" so anything they do in the name of that belief is also "right".\n\nBut this is nothing new. It's been happening for millenia. Hitler did it, the Romans did it, etc. . It really is quite astonishing what acts people will perform if they believe what they're doing is "right".\n\nSo how can the US defend Israel? Because a majority of individuals believe what they are doing is "right". Why do "terrorists" do what they do? Because they believe what they're doing is right.\n\nBut who is right? From a logical "preserving and bettering the species" standpoint, both sides are dead wrong. Yet how often does logic come into play in situations like this. People's emotions are so much easier to bring to the surface than their logical reasoning. Especially if you cast it in the context of disparaging a perons's beliefs (see religious fervor).\n\nIn fact, all major conflicts in the past have invoked religion in one form or another as a tool for propaganda. Critical thinking is not encouraged, as it would cast doubt on whether the selected course of action is indeed the right thing to do. It happened in ancient Egypt, and it still happens today.\n\n~X~
1117607
This is my view.. if non-citizens are detained on the basis of religion, race, or national origin, then that simply means that the US is not living up to there their stance that it is a free country. I would agree for every right for religion, and that the US should not be biased against a place where you are from, or the colour of your skin. Whats important is that the person is not a murderer, and the person stick to the law, and that person contributes accordingly to the development of the country. In other words, the detaining due to those conditions is prejudice, and thus absolutely unfair.
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Our rights aren't being abused unless we're making phone calls to Al-Sadr over in Iraq. Every action being taken is completely Constitutional, and the only court being passed up (FISA) is unconstitutional in nature because President Carter illegally ceded his power. Nothing going on is abusing my rights, and I am fine with the federal government catching terrorists.\n\nRead More of My Thoughts- http://www.rightontheright.com
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We live in such comfortable, free times that many feel there's no cause to rise up and take any sort of political action...any many are partially right.\n\nHowever, there is a larger problem--ignorance due to lack of education. Millions of people lack the basic knowledge of both our government and the way laws are enacted, and of our determined history.\n\nIf you know people like this, I'd recommend you give them (or recommend they read) the book "1776", written this year. It discusses the struggles we overcame for our independence, even when it seemed impossible.\n\nAs to the Patriot Act, you are right that it severely threatens INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, but please learn not to use the term "civil liberties" or "civil rights" or "human rights". These terms subjugate the true nature of INDIVIDUAL rights to a collective/society/mob.\n\nBenjamin Franklin was a strong advocate of liberty being of more importance than security, and he's absolutely right. After all, Iranians are in many ways very "secure", but they have absolutely zero freedoms.
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I don't think we need MORE civil rights.  We simply need more clarity about what our rights really are.  The problems we see today are a result of a very cloudy view that most people have over what are rights and what are merely desires.  \n\nImmigrants, for example, do not have a right to citizenship.  I respect their desire for citizenship, but this is not something they can demand.  We need to go back and rethink what it means to have rights.  Until we do that, it all becomes a big power struggle over who gets what they want.\n\nLiberty for all!