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Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: yes

Well, for me if government is controling suspicious individuals for the good of the country that's a great choice. Because many people out there are doing bad stuff that can ultimately effect the country in a variety of ways. For example, many people, Hurt, steal, and kill in order to obtain wealth. So Why not have a protective government.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: yes

As much as i hate the United States government, they should be able to secretly monitor suspicious people. If they do not then they fail in protecting us. The government has the responsibility in protecting the people not just sit around and lie to us. If they do not then they are in danger as well, in the case of some criminal that breaks into a government facility. They must monitor those who possess a threat in this hostile society
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: yes

I believe if there is nothing you are doing that is wrong then you have nothing to hide. Privacy is important but if you are not suspicious then you are not going to be monitored, therefore you are fine.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: yes

I going to go with yes. Because in a way that is an good idea. If the person did someone wrong. But it is not OK to monitor people who didn't do anything wrong. But it is OK to do monitor people if they did something suspicious. Because that person can be an terrorist or something. Then we probably feel stupid not watching them. Because we could have stop them from doing something real bad to hurt our country. So on the safe side it is an good idea. Because it is to be us all safe.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: yes

I think that in some parts, the government should monitor any suspicious individuals. That’s because some people might need to be protected from any one causing or trying to cause any harm. I also disagree with the fact of them monitoring just anyone that they think are suspicious. The government at some point is going to think that everyone is suspicious and that will only cause people to be watch and not be able to have any privacy.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

What classifies an individual as suspicious?Our government is set up to limit powers. Right now, the government uses its powers to maintain the well-being of its citizens. Many might say that the government's job is to protect us, and that they should have the right to secretly monitor suspicious individuals, but we are being protected by the laws that are already set in place. As we give the government more rights, we will see more corruption. If the government is allowed to secretly monitor suspicious individuals, how will they classify who is suspicious, and who is not? Eventually, the government will find everyone suspicious in one way or another, in order to keep ‘tabs’. There is no real way to classify someone as suspicious, meaning that we will ultimately end up with our own Big Brother if we let the government secretly monitor ‘suspicious’ individuals.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

Though I'm on the opposing side, your argument is valid; props.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

The 4th amendment of the Bill Of Rights states that:The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.Suspicious behavior does not give the government the right to monitor in the first place, so in secret is just ridiculous. That is without a doubt an "unreasonable search", which is something that the government is supposed to protect us from. I believe that the constitution and the bill of rights protects us from things like this. With the advances in technology we are making we should be improving law enforcement, But not in secret and not by invading privacy.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No I don’t think the government should be able to monitor any individuals. That is giving them too much power over some people. If the government has control over something like that, then eventually they are going to want more power over the peoples’ lives. This country will not be free if the government had control to view every little thing about a person.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No. I think they should not do this because this takes away their privacy. No one should be watched. How would you know if they are really doing something? Until the government proves they did something wrong then they would have the right to watch them.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I agree with you Javier people should not be stripped from their priivacy.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I don't think the government should be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals. Everybody has a right to privacy and it should not be violated. But what makes the government think a person is suspicious? How to they get to the point where they classify a person as suspicious? I think the only way the government should monitor a person is when they actually become a national threat. If the government started watching everybody and everything we did, we would no longer have privacy or freedom.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

Honestly, I don't believe that the government should be able to monitor anyone without them knowing that there is at least the chance of being monitored. I believe that would be an invasion of privacy, which means it would go against the Bill of Rights our Founding Fathers put into place. I don't think that anyone has the right to go against the Bill of Rights.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: yes

Honestly, what if osama was right next door to your house and you smell sulfur and bomb fluid and loud crashing noises all the time and you call the police and they say sorry its an invasion of privacy to go into this guys house and see what it is that he is doing what then hu?
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

Yeah planning a massive terrorist attack that caused the death of thousands is pretty suspicious. If we ever find Osama we should just monitor him. [sarcasm]Actually, Osama is the most wanted man on the planet. The government has a right to put him on trial. Your example is invalid because there is nothing in the constitution that says you can't call the cops on somebody, that's not secretly monitoring.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I say no to this because it doesn't feel right to sneak up on individuals like that. The government shouldn't allow these secret monitors to be out there. What if the individuals are not suspicious at all? What if that's just the way they are,the way they look. They can't tell the difference between whose bad and not.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I don't think that the government should be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals unless they have physical evidence that this person has done something wrong, or committed a crime. Everybody as an individual has the same rights, and they shouldn’t be judged based on their appearance.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I say no because for one we wouldn't know what the government would consider suspicious and even if we as people and the government find a way to set a standard of suspicious who says they will keep their word?And than even if a person looks suspicious who says that they are doing anything of harm to dome one or anything.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No. I think the government should monitor everyone. For most things there's a fine line as to wether something is legal or illegal, so if someone is doing something clearly illegal then they'll be caught and if no one is doing anything illegal then they have nothing to worry about. What matters is how the government is using the information. They need to use discretion and shouldn't keep information on people who aren't doing anything wrong.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No, i think government should not be able to monitor suspicious individuals because this gives the government too much power to control over people. Then there will be no more privacy among people.They can monitor the people who have commited enough crime to harm the country but not the people who they think are the criminals.Then they will have the full authority to invade in the secret lives of any people. People will fell less protected from government whereas they should be the one to protect us from any threat.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

You can't really depend on secretly monitored cameras to define what and who suspicious. With some people, yes you can tell that they are suspicious. But what about the " under cover " people, the people who are smart and plan out everything. How can we tell if they are suspicious, if they aren't?
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

The government should not be able to monitor anyone. That is a violation of privacy. That could lead to an abuse of power, and then everyone would be paranoid of doing something wrong. How would they even class someone as to being suspicious. They could also then pin everyone as being suspicious, thus giving them more control of everybody.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No the government should not be able to monitor anybody because people should not have their privacy taken away from them. That takes away the things that you can do. Its like having someone looking at your emails.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

The government should not monitor suspicious individuals. If they do, they might be monitoring innocent people with them as well. The government should provide other ways to trap the bad guys. For example they should monitor their phones, texts, and emails. If they monitor one person then they monitor his or her family too, in that case the innocent people will suffer from their privacy.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: yes

I think the government should not be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals. Just because someone seems suspicious doesn't necessarily mean they are doing something against the law. For example, I remember when I got pulled over by a cop I was driving at speed limit and everything, but the only reason he pulled me over was because he had seen me parked at the gas station and to him I seemed suspicious. However, I was really up to nothing bad. Therefore, I think that just because someone seems suspicious it doesn't guarantee they are and if, in fact, they aren't up to anything bad then the government would be taking away their right to have privacy. In addition, I believe that it's the government's job to protect us and keep us safe, but if they need to secretly monitor someone to do it then maybe they are just not good at what they do and they have to monitor people to make their job easier.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I don't think they should be allowed to monitor suspicious people becuase it's not fair to that person. The government need to be watching they people because the security they have watching them is more sneaky than people on the streets. The government think they have control, and they do but the thing about the situation is they can't go and just pick up a person just because they look suspicious. I think they should just get the criminals that's breaking laws and not judge a book by it's cover.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

i don't think that the government should secretly monitor suspicious individuals for several different reasons. For one, what if they think you loook suspicious and start to monitor your every move and invade your privacy. Second, if you haven't done anything wrong, but look suspicious, that still doesn't give them the right to monitor you unless they have evidence that you've done something wrong and even though you have done something wrong it still doesnt give them that right.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No they should not because it is wrong for the government to secretly be monitoring people who just look suspicious rather than spending more time watching ones who have already committed a crime. It is an invasion of privacy and people should be able to live a normal life instead of becoming paranoid of everything they do just because the government could secretly be watching them.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I think that no matter how suspicious someone seems, they have the exact same rights as someone who doesn't. Not just because someone seems suspicious means that the government should hack in and monitor them 24/7, SECRETLY! Government shouldn't just judge a book by its cover.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I strongly believe that both sides are correct to some extent. "Yes" because there are some that do deserve to be monitored for protection of oneself or of others. I decided to choose "No" for one reason, we are all guilty of being suspicious of something. If we monitor one suspicious individual, then we all become suspicious by association. To monitor someone is to infringe the rights of someone. We cannot just deny that right to some and give it to others, that would mean that our government does not give us "Equal rights".
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

Letting the government secretly monitor suspicious individuals will only give them more power. They will become leaner and pacifists. Knowing that they can accuse anyone will relax their minds and they will rely only on what they see in monitors. If the person is guilty but regrets what they did and tries not to sin again, how will the government ever know?
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No I don't think that an individual should be watched just because he is "suspicious" does not necessarily mean that they are actual criminals or doing something wrong. I feel like no one should be watched without their consent. Invading someones privacy is not right. If they are criminals that can be a threat to the community then they should be monitored as long as they are aware of it.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

this would be unconstitional who knows if their susupsicous unless you have proof
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I don't think the government should be able to monitor a suspicious individual. People need their privacy and nobody is sure if that person is goin to do anything or not, so it's not ok for the government to watch somebody if they don't know what's goin on. If that person hasn't commited a crime before then there is no reason for them to be watched.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I say no because thats invasion of privacy. I mean everyone looks suspicious once in a while, does that mean that the government is going to watch everyone. I think that the only people should be watch are the ones that have a crimminal background to help and protect the lifes of others.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

For this question it depends on what you consider monitoring. If it means having a camera in their television, home, or other places of security I would say no they shouldn’t. A person has the right to privacy and when it’s taken away then what do they have? If monitoring means keeping tabs on them like where they go and when. Monitoring them while they're out then I don’t see the problem. If they are harm to others they are going to be harmful outside of their home, not in it. Also they are in a public place when you’re not in your home, and you never know who is watching you anyway.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I don't think the government should be able to monitor suspicious people. Just look at it like this, if the government thought someone who looked suspicious and decided to monitor them only to find out that they were completely innocent then they just wasted their time watching that person. As to someone who the government thinks is completely innocent and could do no wrong could secretly be plotting something like world domination. Also, what happened to the saying, "Dont judge a book by its cover"? It just isn't right.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I think the government shouldn't be able to do that because of peoples rights everyone is in titled to have their privacy no matter how crazy or suspicious they might be. Even though it would be a good thing and could stop a lot of things that they might or would be capable of doing, it's still wrong so I say no!
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No, I don’t think the government should secretly monitor suspicious individuals. At least not anyone born of this country, because we all have rights, and we should embrace them. If the government secretly starts watching people that seem suspicious, how do you know they wont monitor you? I'm saying if they can monitor someone’s privacy they can ruin all of ours. If we give them the okay then that’s just going to be the foundation for them. We wouldn’t feel safe so we would want security, but after some time they’re going to use it on all of us. To keep us in check, in line.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I Strongly believe not because who's to say that that person is actually guilty of what you're looking for. Then you're invading privacy for no reason. That person probably has some inportant document or things he treasures that he doesn't want others to see. How would you feel if you are completely innocent of whatever and people are monitering you closely at what you are doing? And I know it's different if they are guilty at whatever but still thats invading privacy.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No i don't think the governent should secretely monitor any person. This is a free country and we should be able to do what we want without someone watching. Also, not every invididual is a criminal to have cameras everywhere those who are criminals will be face their consequences. Being monitored would take our individual freedom away.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

As a viewer of the show Cheaters I think about this situation every time I see the show, and how wrong it is for couples to have to hire somebody to spy on the spouse. I say no because of the fact that there is crazy people out in the world who are serious about the privacy and space and if you run up and steak out on the wrong person that could be your last day on this earth. So Just "Mind Your Own Business" and everything will be OK.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No one has the right in a free country to invade someone else's privacy without a plausible reason. What classifies you as being suspicious? In the novel 1984 basically everything you did was being watched, and being watched because of suspicion in today's society would mean that the government had a little more than limited power.Not only is it rude it might as well be a perverted act. Why would you secretly monitor someone? Though no one should be watched due to suspicion, they should at least have the right to know if they are and why.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I don't think the government should be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals because they would take out your privacy, the government would gain more power over the people, and probably the next step is that we would end up having a dictator or a king that wants to control all the people lives.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No they shouldn't due to the fact that everyone should have they're own privacy. They can't just monitor certain people that wouldn't be fair to them, and the government is based on treating everyone equally. People need they're personal freedom in order to achieve happiness.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

No, I believe that we are in America for a reason, we have rights and being spied on definitely isnt one of them. There is already a certain amount that the Goverment knows about each of us now, and if they cant charge someone with just the evidence that they have than its not fair to invade their personal space. Although I can understand if they are keeping tabs on someone who maybe has committed a few crimes and maybe they are a suspect for murder, or something really drastic. But even then we are all created equally and we all deserve equal rights.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

I personally think nobody should be watched for being supposively suspicious. Who knows, maybe the person is a detective himself for another country or city. I think what you do on your own time is private and its your business. It wouldn't be fair if the government doesn't have to be watched and we do. It's our own birth right to have our own privacy. It shouldn't done even for suspicious individuals. Figuring out that whatever they do can be solved another way.
Debate: Should the government be able to secretly monitor suspicious individuals?
Side: No

The goverenment has the right to basically do watever they want. If they wanted to monitor people, it doesnt matter if they are suspicious or not, they can do it. However, i disagree with this action. A man should have his privacy no matter what he has. What classifies a person as suspicious really? Does he have to rob a bank? or kill a man? What if a man has done nothing wrong but is blamed for an unruly action? Is it fair for him? I think not.