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Originally Posted by host
Since this crisis demands that we all trade our freedom for security if we have any hope of thwarting the terrorists, wouldn't a live feed video camera installed by and monitored by local police in every private home....just to make sure that none of us are sheltering a terrorist...or two....and brief, thrice weekly polygraph tests, administered to each of us, for convenience sake....by our mailman or at a table at the entrance to our Wal-mart, and on Sunday at our church......just to make sure that none of us are lying about not having any terrorist connections....be just the ticket to help president Bush seperate us loyal citizens from the bad people?
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No, but I don't care if the government asks a phone company for a list of numbers that I have called.
Arguments don't have to rely on extremes. A rain drop does not mean that it will flood tonight. Giving up a list of numbers does not mean I am willing to put cameras in my home.