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Originally Posted by aceventura3
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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it's not difficult to realize when your first two sentences are thus:
I do value privacy. I value the type of privacy that matters to me.
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
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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"involved in such behaviors". Maybe i'm wrong, but it seems to me that you've got no issue at all with the government recording any and all phone calls so that their little decoder/key word listening program can identify a recorded call to monitor, all without a warrant. Given your next statement below:
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
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. |
and the fact that you've said you don't care if the gov monitors YOUR phone calls if it's to save lives from 'man caused disasters', whats to stop them from using the wiretaps to track drug crimes, money laundering, human trafficking, tax evasion?
Do the ends justify the means?