Clarke: Europe MUST TRADE CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR SECURITY

[theearthisround]

http://www.informationliberation.com/index.php?id=1083

British Home Secretary Charles Clarke has warned that European citizens will have to accept that civil liberties may have to be bartered away in exchange for protection from terrorists and organised criminals.

Speaking at the European Parliament, he said that the European Convention on Human Rights might need to be changed if judges in European courts did not recognise that the right to life was more important that concerns about privacy.

"If the judges don't understand that message and don't take decisions which reflect where the people of the continent want to be, then the conclusion will be that politicians...will be saying we have got to have a change in this regime," Clarke told reporters.

Clarke will be hosting a two-day meeting with home affairs and justice ministers from across the EU.

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[bee]

1. as Benjamin Franklin said:

"people willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both"

proven by whats happening here in the US now.

[Nikki Stone 1]

2. All Britons need to do is look at us. Then, run lke hell

Don't trade ANYTHING. You'll end up with a government that doesn't work for you, but for a small group of elites.

[bliss_eternal]

3. Why is Clarke cramming our lifestyle down Britain's throat?

That's a bunch of crap--they shouldn't trade on anything! They've survived many an IRA bombing and not loss their civil liberties in the process. This Clarke guy needs to buy a clue...

Someone should tell him to move to America, if he doesn't want any rights...

[Caution]

4. do you work for informationliberation?

Seriously? Every single post of yorus comes from there. If you do work for them you should disclose it in your sig or profile. If not, any chance you could stop spamming GD with every single article they put up?