We do live in a dictatorship and our freedoms are being gradually eroded. The only reason all our freedoms are not taken from us immediately is that there are still enough of us who can stand against it. Once immigration destroys the cohesiveness and identity within our society we will be as helpless as people who live under more obvious dictatorships. One already has to be careful what one says in opposition to the government if one doesn't want to find oneself in Guantanamo Bay. Don't forget the same government that decides to have places like Guantanamo Bay is that same government you think is so sweetly allowing you so much freedom. What are they like when the mask drops though eh?
"Not only is our economic freedom being eroded but also our freedom of speech, our freedom of religion and our rights of privacy and property. The McCain-Feingold Act curtailed our freedom of political speech. People engaging in "politically incorrect speech" are increasingly punished by college administrators, employers and by state and local officials (including judges), none of whom seem to have either read or understood what our Founding Fathers said they intended when they wrote the First Amendment. "
http://www.discovery.org/scripts/vi...ogram=Technology and Democracy - Other Topics
"Troubling government actions include: Broad new investigative powers granted in the USA Patriot Act, which are not narrowly tailored to combating terrorism.
Adoption of new FBI guidelines that allow surveillance without probable cause.
Attempted expansion of Executive Branch power, allowing the President to unilaterally declare a U.S. citizen to be an enemy combatant, and to suspend certain constitutional rights."
"So how do you transform a democracy into an authoritarian dictatorship? By simply transferring all power to your government.
In Britain, there are several checks and balances on the power of the government:
1. The British Constitution
2. The House of Lords
3. The Judiciary
4. Freedom of press/media
5. The Opposition
6. Public elections every 5 years
You might notice that 1, 2, 3 & 4 have been systematically attacked by New Labour. Also 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 depend on 1.
Unfortunately, our Constitution is spread over several documents and therefore few people have noticed that most of the less visible aspects of our Constitution have been rewritten.
In 2003, the Civil Contingencies Bill gave the Government unlimited control including the ability to rewrite our Constitution. This differs from Hitler's Enablement Act only in that by itself it specifically excludes abolishing our democracy.
If that wasn't enough, the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill has now passed its Second Reading. This will allow the Government to revoke legislation or introduce new laws without even the kind of scrutiny that allowed the Civil Contingencies Bill through.
In April this year, the Prevention of Terrorism Act reversed the presumption of innocence and abolished habeus corpus (the right to a trial). After many elderly Lords stayed up several nights to block the Bill, it was set to expire after a year.
A year later, these control orders were just extended without even a vote.
It is being replaced by the even more draconian 2005 Terrorism Bill, which allows innocent people to be locked up for 90 days without trial and also introduces internet censorship."
http://www.deep-trance.com/archives...cally_legislated_to_abolish_elections_ii.html
Did you read it: INTERNET CENSORSHIP
Same site also mentions DNA data bases, ID cards, human rights act being revoked, etc
Many people think we are more free because old taboos have fallen. But new taboos have taken their place: taboos against straight talk and straight thinking.
