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**Mike Irwin** · May 14, 2010, 10:08 AM

Restricting people on the watch list is a horrific precedent, if you ask me.

It turns the very notion of innocent until proven guilty entirely on its head, stripping essential constitutional rights based on nothing more than supposition, innuendo, or error. Even worse is the limited ability of anyone who is on the list to get the problem fixed.

The No Fly list has hundreds, if not thousands, of known errors on it, and probably a lot more that simply aren't know.

Are we to expect any better from the so-called Terrorist Watch List?

I can't imagine we can.

While the entire premise SOUNDS good, after all, who doesn't want to guns out of the hands of terrorists, it's overly broad, imprecise, error-prone, and restrictive of the rights of those who have no reason for their rights to be restricted.

In the nearly 9 years since September 11 (God, I can't believe it's been that long already) this nation has moved in directions that are terrifying.

And worst of all, it's all being done with supposedly the best of intentions.

May 14, 2010, 10:08 AM	#5
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Restricting people on the watch list is a horrific precedent, if you ask me. It turns the very notion of innocent until proven guilty entirely on its head, stripping essential constitutional rights based on nothing more than supposition, innuendo, or error. Even worse is the limited ability of anyone who is on the list to get the problem fixed. The No Fly list has hundreds, if not thousands, of known errors on it, and probably a lot more that simply aren't know. Are we to expect any better from the so-called Terrorist Watch List? I can't imagine we can. While the entire premise SOUNDS good, after all, who doesn't want to guns out of the hands of terrorists, it's overly broad, imprecise, error-prone, and restrictive of the rights of those who have no reason for their rights to be restricted. In the nearly 9 years since September 11 (God, I can't believe it's been that long already) this nation has moved in directions that are terrifying. And worst of all, it's all being done with supposedly the best of intentions. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.