Dooderson -
Not to veer off subject, but it is a bit creepy the way the government
and telecom companies are colluding to monitor everybodys
communications. Do you think they would still be doing this if we the
people were permitted to wire-tap government and corporate offices?
Especially government offices since they are suposed to be public
servants in the first place. I meen look at all of those nasty emails
that came out of new mexico governors office during the email- gate
<http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7502-youve-got-email.html>
scandal, and that was tiny, imagine if we were able to actually
wiretap the pentagon or something.
Right on the mark. It has been suggested that one's privacy might be
made to be reciprocal to one's power... the more power you have, the
less privacy, and vice-versa.
I think this was fairly natural at one time in history. Peons had
relatively private lives if for no other reason than nobody gave a
flying flip about them.
Technology seems to have helped in inverting that relationship.
Celebrities feel this somewhat. When they speak, millions listen, and
when they fart, or have a "wardrobe failure", we all hear about it
within hours.
The bulk of the Manning/Assange disclosures (that I'm interested in) did
just that, they exposed the "secret" communications to/from/between US
Embassies which were more *embarassing* than actionable. It was both
highly responsible and disengenous at the same time to release *only*
those which were primarily embarassing.
And yet we have candidates for the highest office in the land who avoid
sharing their tax returns with us. I can't refinance my house without
sharing my tax returns!
Yes, things are a bit askew.
- Steve
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