Yes, true about both.
However, to date, my expession of opinions have not locked anybody
up, read anybody's email, or detained without due cause anybody of
any creed, and have not suspended constitutional rights for anyone.
Not even under the guise of public safety, nor for your own good.
Additionally, my behavior remains subject to review and close
scrutiny, public and otherwise.
Not so, that of the federal government. To be beyond both scrutiny
and review is to wield nearly absolute power within a socio-political
system. To have populations ignorant of the abuses, or better yet
cowering in fear of retribution should they speak out, allows the
state to do as it pleases (if only we could find a recent example).
One (grossly simplified) premise of Orwellian thought is that the
state runs amuck trampling rights and ignoring law and consitutions
under the guise of some national objective, the ends justifying the
means, however horrific those means may be. And the conclusion, that
I draw, is that such abuse is unequivocally wrong. Morally wrong in
general, and legally wrong under the contract of the US Constitution.
National ID cards and RFID personal identification tags are not about
safety, but about control. When those ID tools are also tied to your
access to your bank and finances, what a revelation that will be!
With one stroke you could lose your identity and financial means.
The constitution confers no rights regarding "not being offended",
hence the reference to stepping on toes.
MarkB --- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "klr6501995" wrote:
> Could not the same be said of the Patriot Act.
>
>
> > And to be plain, pissing folks off aint a goal - just a side
effect.
> > Sometimes an embarrassing consequence, sometimes irrelevant,
> > and sometimes just a really cool perk!
> >
> > Gotta be willing to step on a few toes to express your truth.
> > MarkB
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