-Caveat Lector- > The Stasi Is Coming! The Stasi Is Coming! > > by <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>Amanda Bowen</A> > > For those of you who need a history lesson, the Stasi was the secret police > force of the East German government, active from 1950-1989 at the height of > the Cold War. Their primary objective? Spying on the East German people. At > the apex of their power, they had one informant for every 66 residents. If > you add in the part-time snoops, the number becomes shocking--one for every > 6.5 residents.
I have to disagree with the Stasi-comparasion. The Stasi was scary, was a threat. Even in those times, people were rather aware (as I was told by citizen of the former GDR) of the Stasi being "not the good ones", they were no heroes. Many people joined the Stasi because the gained special advantages, they could leave the country for some days for example or they would get an appartment quicker than usual. But Bush�s "Citizen Corps" will be no corps of people living in a poor society and earning for advantages, this time there are people just being willing to tell everything about their neighbours etc. for a) the sake of the country b) the sake of security > So why is this plan so gosh darn scary? Because in among all these > "terrorists" are millions of peace loving, upright Americans who have to > undergo the surveillance of government agents in their own home. Reports > would go into a national database to be called up at will, for any or no > reason whatsoever. Much scarier is the fact that there will be enough people willing to spy out their friends, hubbies, wifes ... > The validity of these reports must be questioned. We have all heard experts > testify that the value of eyewitness reports is little to none. Even if > something is going on, can we trust government informants to get anything > right? There is also the possibility that such "tipsters" could embellish > the truth, or even make up false reports. Can anyone see where this is > going? I have written a short story about this and I was not sure if it would be alright if I send it to the list here - I do not want to bother anyone with something unwanted and I am not accustomed with the manners in this list too much. It is in German so far but will be translated in English within the next days. So if it won�t be too much hassle, I would like to send it to this list. Apart from this - I think that this system is simply an invitation to abuse. Not all the time an abuse which was made by intention. No, I think this abuse can be made with the best intention in mind - just think of people seeing their neighbour cuddle his naked baby and being so alarmed by certain news that they think "he must me a pedophil one" So there will be a lot of people reporting something which they think they have seen, but they have just seen "something", the rest if up to their own kind of imagination etc. I mean - you can see a foreign man with some white powder in his shop. You can think of a) cocain (a drug dealer, get the police) b) any drug (an addict, help) c) a certain spice you do not know "Suspicious" is such a hilarious word because anyone judges it different. Not always with bad intentions but I wonder what will happen with those people (if these plans come true) who have been caught in this web of "suspicious reports". Twister <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
