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Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 won the Palme d'Or
Laukev7:
Bush, no. But they are.
WaWAR_FA:
....
its things like this that make me stockpile ammo and MREs...
WMD:
First of all, Solaris, fix that link. Now.
quote:Originally posted by Calum is NOT a moderator:
These acts simply strip away all the civil liberties that we still had after the hideous criminal justice and public order act of 1994. Now, in this country we have no civil liberties at all (no right to free speech, peaceful mass action, freedom of expression, no right to know the name of an officer who stops and searches you etc)
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That sounds highly unlikely. You don't have any freedom? Yeah, right.
I read some of the PDF Laukev posted. What I think the argument is in there, is that much of the Act leaves things very vague, so that they can *claim* that pretty much anything is terrorist activity. Right?
Well then, that's all speculation. You might not have liberties...but you still might. Go out and try, see what happens.
Laukev7:
What I think Calum meant is that those freedoms are no longer guaranteed, and nothing prevents the people from being screwed by the government whenever and however they please. That in itself is a huge step behind for a major democratic country.
[ June 27, 2004: Message edited by: Laukev7 ]
WMD:
Yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking. However, Calum seems to do what lots of others do: talk about that and make it sound like you live in a police state. It seems to make the case sound more convincing that the government is evil.
Not that that's necessarily a bad thing. ;)
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