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A National Intelligence Estimate on the United States
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15/02/2007 08:53:31
 
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>>I'm not concerned about them looking at me or my emails, listening to my phone calls, etc. As they say in the street, I ain't did nuttin!
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>>"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". Benjamin Franklin.
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>Ah yes, good old Ben. In context, he was dead on the money! We lose liberties every year, or so it seems. A few examples are:
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>Seat belts are forced on people by the government. First they started with the driver, then both front seat passengers, now, in TN, everyone in the vehicle must wear them.
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>Motorcycle riders must wear helmets in many states.
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>Smokers are not allowed to smoke in their own homes in some states.
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>In some states, only cops and criminals can carry guns.
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>Those laws bother me more than the government monitoring phone calls and emails that involve people from other countries. It's a different day.


I, otoh, am way more worried about the government monitoring my thoughts and associations (which is what this stuff is about) than I am about their trying to keep me from killing myself and others.

And, as I said elsewhere in the thread, to the best of my knowledge, that smoking this is nonsense.

Tamar
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