Should you have to ask for permission from the government before you are allowed
By silvatungfox
@silvatungfox (336)
United States
November 8, 2006 8:12pm CST
Should you have to ask for permission from the government before you are allowed to get on a plane or cruise ship?The Department of Homeland Security has proposed that airlines and cruise ships be required to get individual permission (”clearance”) from the DHS for each individual passenger on all flights to, from, or via the U.S. Unless the answer is “Yes” — if the answer is “no” or “maybe”, or if the DHS doesn’t answer at all — the airline wouldn’t be allowed to give you a boarding pass, or let you or your luggage on the plane or ship.
Objections to this proposal have been filed as a violation of international human rights, First Amendment rights, and privacy and government accountability laws.
This is yet another identification-related rule introduction which the DHS has proposed to restrict the right to travel.
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@silvatungfox (336)
• United States
9 Nov 06
And it gets even worse, are you aware that by signing into law the Military Commissions Act 2006, that Bush has made kidnapping, imprisonment without due cause or recourse, torture and even murder legal in the United States?
On the 14th of this month the German federal prosecutor will be asked to launch a criminal investigation into war crimes by Rumsfeld (his second time in 2 years for this charge) Gonzales, and other key members of the Bush administration?
(my blog has a few more details at http://silvaspoon.blogspot.com/ if you are interested.)
@allan92371 (17)
• Philippines
10 Nov 06
The threat of terrorism in the properties and lives of people triggered the government to implement strict measures regarding it's safety measures to avoid similar accidents in the past. Here in the Philippines, there's no such thing as permission unless you have pending civil or criminal cases or any violative acts. The state only issue hold-departure orders to those individuals who try to sneak out of the country with pending cases. The nature of safeguarding the state varies from each country, depending on the adaptability of such kind or application. We do have check points, and the usually routinary check up of baggages in airports, ports and other point of entries.
@silvatungfox (336)
• United States
10 Nov 06
Benjamin Franklin said that those who prefer security to liberty deserve neither. When you give up your civil liberties for the sake of national security, you are participating in the errosion of liberty into a fascist regime. It is happening incrementally in the US now, and compares dramatically to 1930's Germany when Hitler took power.
@Donnyboy8 (786)
• United States
9 Nov 06
This is a fine line becuase it is so important to keep everyone safe but you don't want to oppress people either
@silvatungfox (336)
• United States
9 Nov 06
If you want to keep people safe, then you do away with the war criminals in power in the government. On the 14th of this month the German federal prosecutor will be asked to launch a criminal investigation of Rumsfeld, Gonzales and other key members of the Bush administration for war crimes. The Military commissions act 2006 is evidence that such war crimes have been committed and will probably continue to be committed. (my blog goes into more detail if you are interested it is at http://silvaspoon.blogspot.com/)
