All over the world individual rights are slowly vanishing. "The War on Terror" is pressing and another war is taking place. The war is over citizens rights and the government is winning. Over the past five years citizens have lost their right to, true free speech, to take photos of anything public, to play jokes, also the entire constitution is nothing with current laws.
The public has become more and more panicked and edgy as well as the police. Earlier this week, a man was detained and questioned over singing a song by the band "The Clash". He was in a cab headed to the air port and he sung the lyrics that included: "Now war is declared -- and battle come down". You may be thinking that is enough to question someone but would you have said that ten years ago? People's right to sing in public or even play April fools jokes has been restricted by a sense of fear that has never been around before.
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United StatesFive girls face criminal charges for putting up question mark boxes from the popular Mario game franchise. These are simple card board boxes that are covered in shinny paper with a large question mark on the side of them. They placed them around their town as a April Fool's Joke. People panicked and called the bomb squad. Now they are facing possible criminal charges as a result of the game.
In the United States of America and Canada before 9/11 you had the right to take photographs of anything unless people had an expectation of privacy. If a security officer came and asked for your film, they could not take it. Now with everyone living in fear, you cannot take a few snapshots of a bank from outside. If you take...
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This essay is dam right and people should listen. America is being kept at a constant state of war and the war on terror is only there to replace the war against communism which is still there just no one cares eney more. If you read the story nineteen eighty four you will find it insightful.
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