My view on your points: "It could probably be done without legislation, but at least this will get debated and interest groups will get to give some input."
Torture can also be done without legislation, that does not mean it should be legalized, regardless of how useful it seems at the time. The government should not have the legal power to restrict our communications, regardless of whether they can without permission. A hacker could be viewed in a similar light. This is like saying that since a hacker could get into most computers on a particular network, and in theory do some good, we should lend any said hacker the legal right to hack any network their skills will allow them into. "That the government may take control of private property during times of emergency is not exactly a new thing." This is not like a police office taking a private citizens car while in pursuit of a criminal. If the government can't catch the bad guys/gals, they do not need to take away my internet, they need to get better at their job. Chris... On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM, John R. Hogerhuis<[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Chris Penn<[email protected]> wrote: >> No it is not? not sure what you are responding to..... > > No, it's not nonsense, at least not on its face. It depends on the details. > > That the government may take control of private property during times > of emergency is not exactly a new thing. > > It could probably be done without legislation, but at least this will > get debated and interest groups will get to give some input. > > -- John. > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
