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Do Americans have rights?
Now that the government can and has sent drone planes to kill its own citizens, can Americans claim we have any right anymore? We certainly don't have the right to life or a quick and speedy trial as this story shows.
16 Answers
- BloatedtoadLv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
We have been losing our rights at breakneck speed since 911. See this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnem1Ohm3Q0&feature...
Now if you watch the two short videos below your head will be spinning so you better sit down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebI-pqP7RTU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk2IWpkqN_w
If this doesn't just blow your mind then do you want the big picture? Then see this:
- 10 years ago
If you are an enemy combatant or just some dumb fvck in a war zone, getting taken out by a military attack in a time of war is the chance you take. Was Lincoln a murderer or Washington, they killed thousands of citizens without trials too. They even did it here on American soil.
- 10 years ago
You don't have the right to anything. You have a number of privileges the government may deny you at any time, provided you don't protest.
Case and point the Patriot Act, which allowed for the infinite detainment of anybody SUSPECTED of criminal/terrorist activity without legal console or due process.
- cosmoLv 710 years ago
Not if you commit treason.
There was a trial of sorts. Awlaki's father sued to get him removed from the "hit list", and the courts disagreed.
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- 狐 JoshLv 710 years ago
We do have rights. However, those rights are forfeit when treason is involved. The way I see it, uniting our enemies to try and destroy us would and should be considered treason.
- ?Lv 710 years ago
Bush eliminated our rights many years ago. These are just remnants of the old laws.
- John ELv 710 years ago
Defacto, he resigned his citizenship. There is no argument, he chose the wrong side, and now he is in pieces. EFF him.
- Anonymous10 years ago
He gave up his rights when he joined a terrorist group.
- Anonymous10 years ago
Not under this present administration.