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Green Members 238 posts Location: Wallis And Futuna Islands Occupation: Referee Age:	#118573 2008-05-20 16:01 GMT



oddperson Members 248 posts Location: Senegal Occupation: Alchemist Age:	#118574 2008-05-20 16:04 GMT
	Not going to happen.

Scorpion Members 259 posts Location: Panama Occupation: Tapicer Age:	#118575 2008-05-20 16:06 GMT
	It may come to that especially after this election.. Some will not be happy with whoever we put in office whether its McCain or Obama. The fact is that is a possibility. Also don't forget that the risk of terrorist attacks are possible. Some will riot over who gets in but it is my hope that it doesn't come to that...

Gideeup Members 252 posts Location: Barbados Occupation: Genealogist Age:	#118576 2008-05-20 16:11 GMT
	YES, scares hell out of me way things are going

NoOne Members 278 posts Location: Ireland Occupation: Stringer Age:	#118577 2008-05-20 16:15 GMT
	It won't happen, this is the politics of fear from the liberals, that if we continue on the direction we've been going in we'll be a police state and citizens will have no rights.

MazMaz Members 268 posts Location: Iran Occupation: Negotiator Age:	#118578 2008-05-20 16:17 GMT
	Everyone who loves freedom should be concerned about the acquisition of power by the government, for that is what governments do. Remember in 1933 German elected an excellent public speaker who had unbelievable solutions. Property rights have been diminish since 1913 at an increasing rate. Privacy, especially medical private, has been eroded by people who want more access to your medical records (in the name of national security, and cost savings). 10 years ago, people could freely associate with others who like them smoked cigarettes/cigars. Today, in many states this freedom to associate has been made illegal. Freedoms once removed (like virginity) is never returned. So every citizen should remember the words of Thomas Jefferson: When government fears its people, there is liberty; when people fear their government, there is tyranny. I believe it was Grover Cleveland who said: Citizens are required to know who governs them, but the converse is not true. Let's hope that people will vote for more freedom and not less.

Autobot Members 270 posts Location: Brunei Darussalam Occupation: Director Age:	#118579 2008-05-20 16:19 GMT
	the possiblitly? you apparently dont live in the USA. It has already happened.

FireInTheSky Members 251 posts Location: Oman Occupation: Composer Age:	#118580 2008-05-20 16:20 GMT
	No. I actually think we need more police.

Lucky Members 254 posts Location: Barbados Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Age:	#118581 2008-05-20 16:22 GMT
	I suggest you read, "American Fascists," The Christian Right and the War on America. by Chris Hedges.

Zoe Members 260 posts Location: Switzerland Occupation: Matador Age:	#118582 2008-05-20 16:24 GMT
	Very much so .The tragedy is that when it does happen it will be with the consent and blessing of the people>Too bad "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. " Franklin's Contributions to the Conference on February 17 (III) Fri, Feb 17, 1775

Highway Members 281 posts Location: Macedonia Occupation: Coach Age:	#118583 2008-05-20 16:25 GMT
	nothing is impossible but i really doubt it, this nation has lasted through tough times before. FDR interned Japanese Lincoln suspended habius corpus, we are still here.the biggest threat to this democracy is an increasingly ignorant society, the politicians feed off of that.

PunkRocker Members 246 posts Location: Chile Occupation: Locksmith Age:	#118584 2008-05-20 16:49 GMT
	Only if Hillary somehow wins.

FireHead Members 269 posts Location: Pakistan Occupation: Parker Age:	#118585 2008-05-20 17:06 GMT
	I think it already is

Dolphinswimmer Members 266 posts Location: Macau Occupation: Surveyor Age:	#118586 2008-05-20 17:07 GMT
	Not unless Kennedy dies, what a savior for the common drunk.

Illusion Members 263 posts Location: Cote D'ivoire Occupation: X-ray technicianYodeler Age:	#118587 2008-05-20 22:20 GMT
	There is always the tendency toward tyranny. The founding fathers of the U.S. were very much concerned about this, and for that reason instituted checks and balances. But we don't have checks and balances everywhere, and in certain places local officials run amok. l Police tyranny is not new, even in the U.S. There were times and places in our history when minorities, likes blacks and Indians, were the main victims. When those things happened , a lot of the the respectable local citizens either participated or didn't get involved. It is not usual for people to speak up against these things when they happen.

Puppet Members 251 posts Location: Sudan Occupation: Camp Counselor Age:	#118588 2008-05-21 01:13 GMT
	About? 1984 came and went and everyone was/is to dumb to notice. Newspeak. "There is no increase of troops. It's a surge."

OpenRoad Members 273 posts Location: Nigeria Occupation: Software engineer Age:	#118589 2008-05-21 11:35 GMT
	It already has become a police state, but most people won't believe it until it affects them directly. And it will only get worse. Look at the new Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act". The name of that act is bu#@@hit. Its purpose is to quell political dissent in America. Under that Act, the difference between "terrorism" and "crime" ceases to exist. The FBI already considers a potential terrorist to be someone who frequently cites the Constitution. We have police in full battle gear policing the New York subways. Yes, I am most definitely concerned.