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RobertTyrrell
RobertTyrrell: 3 months ago

Do you still feel a terrorist org could attack the U.S at any time? Inflict mass casualty?

if your immediate answer was yes. then you voluntarily gave/giving up your constitutional rights for ????

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FatKenney
FatKenney: 3 months ago

I believe they could, given enough ingenuity, financing, and support. You can reduce the chances; you can never wholly eliminate them. Look at Timothy McVeigh. Some terrorists can be domestic and already within our borders, undetectable until they act. I don't know how likely it is, but it is certainly possible.

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olpaint70: 3 months ago via iPhone
Agree
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newbuddah13: 3 months ago via iPhone
Yep.
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Reputed
Reputed: 3 months ago

Lolno, I think they could attack. Inflict mass casualties? No.

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AndrewElam
AndrewElam: 3 months ago via Android

Nope! They be foolish to do so..

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Ninja_Jackie_san
Ninja_Jackie_san: 3 months ago

Not at all. I am not so easily tricked into giving up my Constitutional rights. "Oh we need to monitor your phone lines because of the terroriiiiissssts!" I don't think so, bozos.

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RobertTyrrell: 3 months ago
you better read the patriot act. obviously you have no clue., and don't/can't vote.
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RobertTyrrell: 3 months ago
and understand it too.
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Ninja_Jackie_san: 3 months ago
I must've misread your question or something....
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FunnyLittleFrog
FunnyLittleFrog: 3 months ago

I don't know it they can. I didn't voluntarily give up any rights. I mean I don't remember a vote.

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RobertTyrrell: 3 months ago
read the Patriot act also1867 Sr1031-33. Obama signed ACTA. You have NO constitutional rights under the open ended legislation.
the govt can confiscate anything they deam ness any time including communications. using a walkie talkie can be a felony offense.
asa Suspect you can be locked away no habeas corpus.
YOU DIDN"T GET A VOTE. it was done for you to protect you from yourself.
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TheDefiantOne
TheDefiantOne: 3 months ago via iPhone

No. Of course not.

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Derek54
Derek54: 3 months ago

i dont think that we have to worry too much about that. thanks to the invasive patriot act, i have already given up some of my constitutional rights

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newbuddah13
newbuddah13: 3 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 8:02AM on 2/13/2013

What constitutional right did I give up? Anybody that thinks that terrorists can't get at us again is daydreaming. I'm confident that they can't hijack an airplane, but anything else is fair game. We have borders that we can't stop people from crossing. Who's to say there aren't already terrorists plotting. I have nothing to hide. Monitor my phone calls and watch my computer usage.

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CalTex: 3 months ago
I lived through the McCarthy era. I know what unlimited government intrusion can lead to if something turns up that is misinterpreted as anti-American. And it ain't pretty. Even now my brother-in-law is on a no-fly list because the TSA has somehow tied his name to someone of interest, but who my brother-in-law knows nothing about. And his attempts to get off that list by asking for more information have fallen on deaf ears. The threat of terrorism is completely out of perspective compared to the very real threats of death from our own cars, guns, and bad health choices. Those are the real killers we need to focus on. The object of terrorism is not death, but spreading terror. They have apparently been very successful.
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FatKenney: 3 months ago
"They have apparently been very successful" - yes they sure have. The TSA, which was created in response to the "terrorist threat" has become the real terrorist organization. The instances of public harassment and humiliation they inflict have, I am convinced, done more to spread real fear amongst our own people than the enemy has.
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blades
blades: 3 months ago via Android

I'm not moved by fear mongering

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Phil38
Phil38: 3 months ago via iPhone

He'll yes they are already here

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blades: 3 months ago via Android
How many countries have had the US military presence in them, who's citizens muttered the same words as you?
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john34621
john34621: 3 months ago

No, 911 was a real wake up. I doubt a coordinated attack like that could happen again,the scale of the attack. That does not mean an isolated attack by some Religious crazy person(s) could not happen, so the watchword should be "monitor". Giving up rights is always a drastic way to go, once given up, you'll never get them back and will suffer for it.

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peter35
peter35: 3 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 8:09AM on 2/13/2013

If course it could happen. I believe it will happen. ( I pray I'm wrong) the freedom this country allows us also opens doors to terrorists. That being said after 9/11 its going to have to be a much more complex action

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candybar
candybar: 3 months ago via iPhone

Yes. It can happen anywhere and anytime. No matter how many troops protect us.

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CalTex
CalTex: 3 months ago

Terrorism is a force of nature like a hurricane or a tsunami. We can do all we can to mitigate their potential damage, but until the source of terrorism is eliminated (ignorance, religious fanaticism, poverty) then terrorist events are inevitable. But knowing this is no reason to give up our freedoms anymore than we should live in constant fear of a horrendous act of nature. Our own cars, guns. and bad health choices are FAR more of a concern than a terrorist strike.

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caluvox: 3 months ago
Best answer! excellent as usual.
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FatKenney: 3 months ago
"Anyone who would surrender essential liberty in exchange for temporary security deserves neither." - Benjamin Franklin.
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olpaint70
olpaint70: 3 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 9:23AM on 2/13/2013

Of course they can, we can only make it more difficult, we can't stop it.Gov. Can't guarantee our safety. It's my civil liberties I want guaranteed.To think anyone can protect me at all times would be an Illusion.giving up freedom for security is unexceptable. I won't willingly trade a dollar for a dime.

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hatman74201
hatman74201: 3 months ago

Yes, if they were creative enough.

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