What personal freedom is next?

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Alarming even, when one thinks of the implications.
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The Patriot Act, ironically, is one of the least "patriotic" pieces of legislation passed in this country.

Personal freedoms are the single most stressed thing in the Constitution. The apathy that occurs when they are taken away is disturbing. There's is a difference, a sometimes hazy difference but a difference nonetheless, between taking away freedoms and protecting the public. I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who said something like:

"Those who are willing to give up their freedom for safety are not deserving of those freedoms in the first place."

Think of what Jefferson, Franklin, Adams etc would think if they saw the country's governement in its current state.