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Originally Posted by Milarepa
This is entirely about civil liberties. Do you honestly believe it is correct for the government to suspend civil liberties just because somebody has broken the law?
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In every country there is a balance between the rights of the individual, and the collective safety and "rights" of the population as a whole. To use a very jaded example, the right to free speech does not extend to being allowed to shout "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. Similarly, the "right" to freedom does not prevent the freedom of people who break the law from being curtailed.
In a democracy, the government represents the collective will of the people. If the majority of the population feels that the government is not representing their will, that government will, generally speaking, be voted out of office.