.:: Freedom of … baaahh … ::.
What luck for the rulers that men do not think.— Adolf Hitler
Erosion of liberty in the United States
While monks, nuns, and lay people in Tibet writhe in pain and die for the crime of carrying a photo of a religious leader, people in the United States passively “pursue [or are pursued by?] their lifestyles” — while their government and commercialism (the real power) herds them like sheep
- civil liberties — who cares?
- privacy — who cares?
There is some fundamental human, even animal, need for privacy, for protection of the individual, that if breached is very detrimental, and constitutes evil on the part of the one who violates it.
Some links to interesting info about privacy and how it is disappearing in the United States. - Movie: “Death of a President”
When i heard about this movie i though it sounded like a pretty tasteless premise! But it’s a surprisingly good movie, and not really about what you think.
Good discussions at
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0853096/
and
http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/reviews.cfm/id/1156/page/death_of_a_president.html
Maybe Amerika is finally coming to its senses?
- US terror law ‘unconstitutional’
A law allowing federal anti-terrorism agents to access information on the US public without a warrant has been ruled as unconstitutional by a US judge.
[BBC]
Some thoughts about liberty from Benjamin Franklin
- more to come
