Better yet -- to report suspicious behavior, just call "311". Let the
poor sods in the call center sort it all out. The net activity creates
good jobs with civil-service benefits.
I'll rat you out, Joe, if you agree to reciprocate by ratting me out. If
we all pitch in on UC-list, together we can mitigate a looming economic
crisis.
-- Tony West
I agree. We've seen at the top how these powers of surveillance can
be abused. I'm sure that within the corrupt ranks of partisan
government that they are ripe to be abused some more. Remember that
watching the citizenry (and Mexicans) is a convenient distraction
while you are not watching the bankers, hedge funders and all those
important, influential people who almost brought down the world
economy. The SEC, FDA, FEMA and many other watchdogs had their
regulatory teeth pulled by the Bush/Cheney regime. If you can't trust
them with Valerie Plame's security cover then you can't really trust
them at all.
Joe
Cindy Miller wrote:
I'm not real comfortable about the privacy issues-- however not being
a Constitutional scholar or a lawyer or anything--I can't put my
argument into flowing prose.
But something about it just doesn't feel right. Like cameras at
stoplights, or in elevators--or Ez-Pass--the argument that "well,
you're not doing anything wrong, so why should it bother you" just
isn't gettin' it for me....(The worst is a flashing sign on 38 in
Jersey that tells you to "REPORT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR")
Wish I were better able to put words to this nagging feeling....
-cm
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