Monday, August 02, 2004
(PAT)RIOT ACT
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has withdrawn from a federal donation program, refusing to follow U.S. Patriot Act rules requiring use of a government anti-terrorism watch list to check employees' names, a spokeswoman said.
The ACLU puts its money where its mouth is. Websters defines patriot as: "One who loves, supports, and defends one's country." It says nothing about one who violates another's civil rights, or one who allows his/her civil rights to be violated. Bad nomenclature. I suppose The Un-american Act wouldn't go over, but it is more fitting.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has withdrawn from a federal donation program, refusing to follow U.S. Patriot Act rules requiring use of a government anti-terrorism watch list to check employees' names, a spokeswoman said.
The ACLU puts its money where its mouth is. Websters defines patriot as: "One who loves, supports, and defends one's country." It says nothing about one who violates another's civil rights, or one who allows his/her civil rights to be violated. Bad nomenclature. I suppose The Un-american Act wouldn't go over, but it is more fitting.
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