Xzi said:
Cocamaster said:
Xzi said:
archvile93 said:
What did ou expect? Liberals are the ones that like to have the government tell you how to live your life, not republicans.
I lol'd. I suppose the Patriot Act was enacted to give us MORE freedom, then? Clearly tapping everyone's phone was just an innocent prank.
"The Act was passed by wide margins in both houses of Congress and was supported by members of both the Republican and Democratic parties."
"In July 2005, the U.S. Senate passed a reauthorization bill with substantial changes to several sections of the act, while the House reauthorization bill kept most of the act's original language. The two bills were then reconciled in a conference committee that was criticized by Senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties for ignoring civil liberty concerns."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act
Exactly. The Patriot Act was bullshit, and Democrats are spineless, so they weren't about to stand up against something introduced by Republicans.
Point is that neither party is looking to give you more freedoms or breathing room unless it suits their needs.
There's certain issues that, if they come to public attention, are potential political suicide to oppose. If you vote against the Patriot Act, then you're not for protecting Americans. If you voted against the California video game bill, then you're for kids playing violent video games. It's populist politics. If a political issue is reduced to a simple, clear moral choice, politicians will be spineless and vote with what the people demand... even if they know it's wrong.
Until recently, indoor prostitution was legal here in Rhode Island. This stems from some court case from several years back. No one really cared enough to re-write the prostitution laws to make it illegal again, so for many years it was perfectly legal. Eventually an underage girl was arrested who was working (legally) as a stripper and suddenly the legal status of prostitution became a huge issue, as strippers and prostitution so often go together. The law re-criminalizing prostitution was passed with no opposition, because what politician in his/her right mind wants to be seen as in favor of underage prostitution, because that's what every attack ad would be.
And you know these guys knew about the legal status of prostitution. Until it became a public issue, they didn't care. Once it became one, they had no choice but to support the "moral" stand demanded by the public.