That was an incredible post man. Seriously.
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [politics] nobody else seems to be concerned > > > > Greg wrote: > > If I don't have any evil plans of attack against American soil why > > should I be afraid of them wiretapping my phone? > > How about if they put a camera in your bedroom? You're not doing > anything wrong so why should it matter? But just to make sure, maybe > they should question you once a week. And your wife. And kids. > > And if they find something that they aren't sure about, maybe they > should hold you for a few days. It shouldn't be a bother because > you're not doing anything wrong. > > Do you see the problem now? > > The government isn't some nebulous body, it's just people. Some are > good, and some aren't. Some won't abuse their power and some will > rape your wife if they can get away with it. > > To ensure that your privacy and rights are protected there's only one > way: you assume that any power given will be abused (as we are > constantly reminded of). And you also assume that a power, once > given, won't be revocable. > > So the question is, who do you trust more? You or "the government"? > If the answer is you, then you better damn well make sure that you > hold the power because if you give it away you might not be able to > get it back. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189314 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
