For the people, by the people,to the people! Should any Government have the right to go to war without our say
816172
In the U.K. it should be a majority of all parties in both houses of parliament that should make the decision, and not just the government. The ordinary citizens do not always have all the required information due to secrecy laws.
1167017
absolutely. there is an unalienable right to defend your home and country but not to invade somewhere else.
248107
why people are thing about the war. Let the world be in peace.
789392
Are you mad !!!!!! how many more people have to die?   Hopefully it will never be re instated and more people will speak out against wars.......the draft would simply force persons who don't believe in wars to become part of something that is evil....if it is to be reinstaed the first people to go off to war should be the president the minister of national security & all the other people in politics who play games with the lives of people of their nation.
221989
It is a citizens duty to point out that our government is not being run properly, government of the people, by the people, for the people. To do other then to question is unpatriotic. Anything else is censorship and is not to be tolerated in a free society.
837462
Protest, oops I forgot, People are to ashamed to stand up and protest what is wrong, or maybe it's the fear of being hunted down and being shot? There is a great need to protest. But people have all the right excuses; my life is to busy, people would laugh at me, who would listen to me anyway? I believe people are sick of this Government, but what can you do? I'm a baby boomer and people don't stand up anymore, back in the day, there would be thousands protesting this war in person, not in their minds. But, the good ol days are nearly past, and still there is war, and always will be. If you don't like it, email the white house, they won't answer, but maybe it would ease your mind.
927516
Even as much as I would like for some people to shut up (Charlie Rangel) I went to war so that they could have the right to speak.\n\nFreedom of speech doesn't end just because you disagree with someone.
580767
I have to agree with you.  Isn't this government by the people for the people.  Why aren't they letting the people make the decisions?  It wouldn't be a biased vote, it would for once be an honest vote of what the people really want in this country.
1115395
We need to wake up ourselves, and we need to get involved with our government. More people need to send letters to their represenatives with their worries and communities need to rally and show their government, OUR government, that we have more important issues in this country than tax cuts and banning gay marriage(which I am against). The people need to get involved. Vote! Rally! Write letters! Show that we're involved and that we need a government for the people, by the people like our Constitution says, not rich senators and represenatives concerned with popularity.
760387
I wouldn't say that they should follow public opinion, but they should consider it.  After all, we are fond of saying we are a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people".  If that is the case, the people should be listened too.
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.
18932
The state should have as little involvement in our lives as possible. The only purpose of the government (or the state) is to protect our rights, not interfere with them.
1085573
Absolutely. lock-N-load\n\nIn the immortal words of Abraham Lincoln\n"This government of the people, for the people and by the people belongs to the people and if the people shall ever grow weary of the government they may use their constitutional right to amend the government or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it."
989801
The Constitution of the United States of America, states that the people have the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.  It is a right added to be a stop gap measure for the people to protect themselves from a corrupt government intrusion.  Due to the fact that at the time the King of England forced the colony folks to house the British soldiers, and were not able to stop them from unreasonable searches or siezures.  Our founding fathers determined that this was a violation of man's basic freedoms.  Not to be usurped by wicked men.  The right to be free from harm or intrusion was based on the unalienable rights granted to mankind by God.  This was codified in the Constitution for our protection and for our benefit.  It is up to us who live by it, to make sure it stays in force!  When we choose to allow it to be usurped we have effctively let the documnent become nothing but words on paper that are useless.
963359
THE PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO GO FIGHT
367595
is it really a privilege if our government is really 'for the people by the people? the government was put in place by the people with permission from the people to govern them. voting, therefore, is not a privilege to the people but to the government to keep it securely in place.
783353
the draft has been here this whole time.the government want people to join so they'll say anything. they just want more people dead! they dont care about the people.