01-01-2006, 01:14 AM
Quote:Well, here in Blighty the authorities have been trying to change the law to have people detained for 90 days without charge as an anti-terrorism need.[size=150:3ffmdxnn]A[/size]las my friend, thi sis why you are a "subject" and I am a "citizen." A small difference in words? Well yeah, but it's also a large difference... another reason why you and I are not subject sof the same country. I am not being rude here, just stating that the US is different. Europeans are scared of the "cowboy" image and think we're all a bunch of gun-toting whackos. Ain't so... it's like Ralph said.
Anyway, I fear for your freedoms over there... sounds not good. It all comes down to people trying to change the staus quo... not only did my great grandparents come here in 1906 from Bohemia, on the other side, they came from Ireland, England and Russia among other places... they all came here to be Americans -- in doing so, they BECAME Americans. You do not become a member of a country by trying to retain your own heritage. Just my 2 silver pennies. DMV
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"A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." -- Alexander Hamilton
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a.k.a.: Marsh Wise
Legio IX Hispana www.legioix.org
Alteris renumera duplum de quoquo tibi numeraverunt
"A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." -- Alexander Hamilton
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.... But then I repeat myself." ~Mark Twain
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