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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
so only YOUR privacy concerns are important and those of others are not if they are not in line with yours?
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Yea, that's it. It amazing how you can take what I wrote and boil it all down to the simple concept of me being selfish.
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you're missing the point entirely.
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Didn't I say that I did not understand? So, you are all too correct. I am missing the point.
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The government should NEVER be given free authority or power to go on fishing expeditions.
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I agree 100%. However, the "wiretap" thing would be way down at the bottom of my list of concerns. Higher on the list would be things like registering for selective service, gun registration laws, red light traffic cameras, filing income taxes, etc. In my view it seems the "wiretap" thing is focused on people who communicate with know terrorists located in other countries. I see that as a good reason to monitor the activity of US citizens involved in such behavior.
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The reason for warrants from the courts was to prevent that kind of thing. The 'no harm, no foul' thing leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.
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How about the 'break the law to save lives' thing. I would gladly break an "administrative" type law to save your life. In your view would it be like 'nor harm, no foul', life saved and slap my ass with a lawsuit or put me in jail? I would be happy with the 'no harm, no foul', life saved, give a brother a break!
But I am sure that I am still missing the point.