Because we've been conditioned to do so. In the name of national security. The old passphrase to the constitution, the old four horsemen of the apocalypse still applies: drug dealers, child pornographers, organized crime and terrorists.
The last horseman is now riding high. The frog is unaware that the water is already boiling. ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :NSA got $20Bil/year |Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :and didn't stop 9-11|share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:Instead of rewarding|monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :their failures, we |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :should get refunds! |site, and you must change them very often. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunder.net ------------ On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Anonymous wrote: > I'm sure that I do nothing new in drawing parallels between the occurences > in George Orwell's seminal text "1984" and the founding of the Information > Awareness Office. It is nothing short of terrifying that someone wants to > gather all digital information on anyone and everyone into a giant database > for the purpose of finding out who is a social "undesirable" and who isn't. > We are moving into another glorious age, where one may come under scrutiny > due to the books and films that we rent, the clothes that we buy, and the places > that we visit. This has happened before and will probably happen again and > we will still probably learn nothing from it. My question is why is everyone > so apathetic about this? American's have always clung to their freedoms and > privacies with such pride that I cannot help but shake my head in wonder that > people are not bringing serious pressure to bear in an attempt to stop this > grotesque endeavour. > > h. >
