While I do agree that we should do what is necessary to make sure that we protect our country from threats of terrorism I think there is a point where you have to remember that these are people you are dealing with. They still have rights and most of them aren’t guilty of anything at all. If you take someone and lock them up to interrogate them and don’t let them have a lawyer or tell them how long they’ll be detained then that’s not fair, especially if they are an American. I think that in times of great stress for the country it’s easier to lash out on people who are different then we are and want to lock them all up to keep the rest of the country safe, but if we did that then we wouldn’t be any better than Hitler was when he locked up all of the Jews. We have to make sure we are fair and that we are giving these people their rights. If we have reason to hold them then they should know what that reason is and they should be able to consult a lawyer. If we don’t have a clear reason then they should be question and released. If they are held for no reason and didn’t harbor bad feelings on the US before they may now, and we don’t need to make enemies while trying to detain terrorists. The videos spoke a lot about the Patriot Act and how it has affected the US since 9/11. While these threats of terrorism are real I believe we need to remember that not everyone is a bad guy and remember that in the US we believe everyone is innocent until proven guilty not the other way around.
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