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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Reggie Bautista
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> Really? It seems like some of the things he says go directly against the
> grain of libertarianism (at least mainstream libertarianism, if there is
> such a thing). For example, he's all for government
> surveillance, he just
> want's us to be able to watch the watchers. The equality part is very
> libertarian as I pointed out in my earlier message, but condoning
> government
> surveillance under *any* circumstances will get you kicked out of most
> libertarian groups, at least as far as I understand things.
"Condoning" is more fair than "all for government surveillance," but neither
one is quite fair. David sees adoption of certain technologies as
inevitable, so he doesn't really take a strong position about whether or not
they *should* be adopted. Once the technology cat is out of the bag, so to
speak, it can't be stuffed back in. Governments *will* use new surveillance
technologies. So will your neighbors, whether you condone it or not. The
question is how to respond.
Nick
