Otto, this isn't about our definition of liberty, it's about theirs.
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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
Good question, honestly I'm not sure it would really change anything either way nor am I sure that the "I have nothing to hide" crowd is the minority. 10 years ago I would have said that nobody would be so crazy as to have such a cavalier attitude towards spying or invasion of privacy...now not so much.
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There are certainly more of them than I previously suspected. I don't think they're in the majority, though. At most, just guessing, I'd say something like 20%.
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Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth
Anyway not to get off track I would have to argue that aside from worrying about votes the very last thing a govt would take into account is the populations views on the subject be they for it or against it. Although I suppose if the citizens were overwhelmingly in favor of it it would be less difficult to put forth and carry out as well as delivering a tidy bundle of votes in the process.
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I have to assume part of why the PTB put these kinds of things in place is a lack of trust in addition to their hunger for power. They may be indescribably corrupt, but they have their own sets of reasoning skills and emotional reactions just like anyone else.