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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
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IMO, it shouldn't matter. Privacy rights are just that......rights. It shouldn't make a difference about being applied in, or for, certain situations that the 'right' can be termed 'not absolute' anymore.......but since we no longer live in those times, all rights must be relative.
maybe most people are that ignorant of what we once had over a century ago that they must now be herded and maintained by the black robed tyrants behind the bench, but if thats the case, then we're all in some trouble.
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Many "rights" were never absolute......and the world is a bit more complex and dangerous than a century ago.
IMO, the checks and balances provided for in the U.S. Constitution are as good, if not better, than anywhere else in the world in balancing individual privacy rights with the government's primary role of protecting the life and property of all.
I would agree that the tilt since 9/11 has been more towards security at the expense of privacy...some of the excesses of which (but not enough) has been rolled back in the last year.
On the whole, the system is working as intended,,,and the "people" still have the last word if enough chose to speak out.