Look, I understand that people are scared. I understand that terrorists can kill people. I understand that guns make killing a LOT easier.
None of that matters.
We should not, under any circumstances, allow a set of well-meaning civil servants to take away our freedoms with a keystroke. That our means any of us. The No Fly List is wrong. The No Buy List would be wrong. It isn’t Due Process. It isn’t fair and it isn’t America.
If you don’t think this slope is slippery then just remember that if you accept this then you’ve ALREADY slid into acceptance of the No-Fly list. What will you accept next? People on the LIST will have all calls recorded?...Must register in order to travel?...Can be placed under house arrest?...Should be shipped to Guantanamo? (Where, I remind you, we have already held people the Govt knows were innocent for more than a decade. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/former-state-department-official-team-bush-knew-many-at-gitmo-were-innocent/275327/
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/6/guantanamo-detaineestalibanbergdahlswap.html)
Do you even know who’s on the list? Who puts someone on the list? What the criteria are to be on the list? Who can change the criteria? Can you find out any of this?
I understand that people are afraid. That fear is leading to destroy our nation.
The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself.