How does all this historical information relate to rights and responsibilities?
People come to America to live the American Dream. They want to buy a house, start a business and raise a family. They also come to America because it is a supposed "free country". You won't be dictated to by a supreme lord, and you will have privacy and security in your own home. These are rights that are given to American citizens. They also have the responsibility to abide to fair laws, in addition to having these rights. You cannot have everything and give nothing back. The Romans used spying primarily to spy on their own people. Although they were trying to find evidence of a possible attack or rebellion, they went against their own citizens. Of course, it was a harsh dictatorship back in Roman times. However, most of the spies from colonial America spied only on enemies, rather than on their own people. They did spy on people living on American soil; however these people were from the enemies land. In that way, they are able to justify the spying. Now, with the Constitution in place, the government should not be allowed to spy on its own people, unless it is approved, which probably won't happen. Furthermore, Snowden's leaks showed that the NSA was spying on the US citizens without them knowing, which it certainly against the law. The citizens have the responsibility of upholding laws, and if they do that, their rights should not be taken away. Unfortunately, by the government spying on them, the citizens' rights are being taken away. It does not make sense for this to occur, and it certainly shouldn't. When citizens are given rights, and they have responsibilities to keep those rights, the government should not be able to take away those rights if the responsibilities have been well taken care of.
People come to America to live the American Dream. They want to buy a house, start a business and raise a family. They also come to America because it is a supposed "free country". You won't be dictated to by a supreme lord, and you will have privacy and security in your own home. These are rights that are given to American citizens. They also have the responsibility to abide to fair laws, in addition to having these rights. You cannot have everything and give nothing back. The Romans used spying primarily to spy on their own people. Although they were trying to find evidence of a possible attack or rebellion, they went against their own citizens. Of course, it was a harsh dictatorship back in Roman times. However, most of the spies from colonial America spied only on enemies, rather than on their own people. They did spy on people living on American soil; however these people were from the enemies land. In that way, they are able to justify the spying. Now, with the Constitution in place, the government should not be allowed to spy on its own people, unless it is approved, which probably won't happen. Furthermore, Snowden's leaks showed that the NSA was spying on the US citizens without them knowing, which it certainly against the law. The citizens have the responsibility of upholding laws, and if they do that, their rights should not be taken away. Unfortunately, by the government spying on them, the citizens' rights are being taken away. It does not make sense for this to occur, and it certainly shouldn't. When citizens are given rights, and they have responsibilities to keep those rights, the government should not be able to take away those rights if the responsibilities have been well taken care of.
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