As someone who was around in 1984, we all just joked about the things that were predicted and never really happened. Although government was certainly getting more intrusive, you really couldn't say it had reached big brother proportions.
Now I look around and see everything government is trying to do to control our lives.
Want to ride a motorcycle. Have to wear a helmet. Same with a bicycle. Drive a car? Better put that seatbelt on and have insurance. Want to smoke? Go stand in the rain. And soon you better not be caught smoking at home or in your car. They're now telling us what we can eat. And they want to tell us how we can discipline our children. I could go on and on, but you get the point. And if you think it's bad now, wait till they get hold of our health insurance. Under the rationale of "since we pay for any illness or accident you may have, we have a right to regulate the things you can do or what you eat".
The most amazing thing to me is, people just take it. WAKE UP!!
2007-01-20
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