I was purposely being silly. Should have appended a "winkie" icon to my post.
Surprisingly, I think there are broad areas of agreement across the political spectrum on the need to control how "big data" is collected, used and destoyed by law enforcement. On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > No, silly. > > I think this whole situation is such that depending on how you view the > role of government, you either perceive these actions as protective or > overreaching. As I see it, much of what is happening today is a result of > people trying to control information, for whatever reason. In some cases > they abuse this control, and that’s when things get out of hand. > > While I’m all for try to catch bad guys/gals, if that starts to infringe > on my rights as an individual I have a problem with it. > > The gathering or retention of data is something I personally have a > problem with, as I think it conflicts with an individual’s right to > privacy. Gathering license plate data is a good example. If there’s a > reason for doing it, that is, maybe someone is searching for a particular > individual who is up to no good or alleged to be so, fine. But once that > data is collected and searched for the desired person ad results, it should > be disposed of. > > No matter how stuff like this is viewed, it’s contentious. I don’t see a > problem with it being discussed here as long as we’re respectful and play > nice. I think civil discourse is a good thing. > > Dan > > > > On Jan 29, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > So will the "no right to complain" police arrest me for what I write in > this forum? > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
