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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
I know this may sound really stupid but... Can anyone tell me any abuse because of the Patriot act? Everyone always complains about it yet no one has cited one occurance in which it's happened.
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I went to the first Canadian Regional in 2002. The border guy told me to renew my green card as it was a couple weeks outta date. OK. So when I get back I go to Syracuse's INS office and I fill out the paperwork and whatnot. Last year, I lacked a green card and before going to Canada and the Naval Academy in Annapolis for those regionals, I had to go back to Syracuse, fill out more paperwork, and then get a stamp in my passport saying my real green card was being renewed. Then this year, I, of course, had to get that stamp AGAIN before going to the Canadian Regional. And now, roughly 40 days before leaving for a trip to China, I must go again to Syracuse tomorrow to get that freakin' stamp. IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. In the words of one wiser than me, THROW ME A FRICKIN BONE! Maybe it's not the Patriot Act, but you should understand what I mean - everything has gotten so much more inefficient than it needs to in the name of security. And I don't feel any less or more secure right now than before 9/11. And if that's the case, why should I approve of government legislation that
allows for the violation of people's rights (regardless of which ones I don't have or have)?