And did their people also fall for the "All good citizens will be glad to have their lines tapped to protect them from their enemies" reasoning.
2006-10-23 12:37:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes, I knew that line sounded strangely familiar.
2006-10-23 12:40:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
ok lets get this straight once and for all. The purpose of tapping the phones is so our government can hear and monitor terroist and criminal activity. They could care less about your latest break-up, your latest bull-**** job, or the last time you got layed..or whatever else you talk about that is soooooo confidential. If you have a problem with them tapping our phones then you have a problem with protecting this country. Terroist activity happens here at home as well as abroud and bc of the f***en "lets go against anything Bush suggests" liberals, we can't protect ourselves against it. Thank you...for helping make our country as dangerous as you possibly can.
2006-10-23 19:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are more than 400,000 phone calls made a day. It is physically impossible to listen to them all. How many people would have to be hired? How much would that cost? This is just a political incitement for people unable, or unwilling, to think. The way the Gov. wants to monitor is that if they do catch a terrorist they can then check what numbers that person has been calling to see who else might be involved...sounds sensible to me.
2006-10-23 19:50:53 · answer #3 · answered by USAjane 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question... I'm sure republicans like the first person to answer won't understand though... Privacy is a luxury of peacetime????? Name one time in all of human history when things have been peacefull...
Anyway, to answer your question - yes, both the nazis and the soviets used nationalistic propaghanda to justify the loss of privacy.
2006-10-23 19:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by Brooks B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different times, and many of them didn't even have phones. You obviously have no clue as to how phones get tapped, so you think we have a spy dressed up in a phone company suit on every corner. That is not the case, and we do not have the man power to tap every-ones phones. We do have technology to help, but that is to reduce the nonsense and get to the meat of it. If you are paranoid, get secure phones.
2006-10-23 19:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your rather naive. It is the technology that enables the taping. There is no such thing as privacy. There hasn't been for over 20 years.
Do you consider yourself important enough they'd even bother with listening in. Just keep waving a Red flag they might get around to checking the tape you are on.
2006-10-30 21:12:54 · answer #6 · answered by viablerenewables 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The US government has been tapping our phones for many years, and this is new news to you all but not to some.
2006-10-23 19:50:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think the Nazis or Soviets cared how people felt about their actions - also, the rules do change when a society is at war - privacy is a luxury of peacetime.
2006-10-23 19:39:56 · answer #8 · answered by All hat 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
citizens in those countries didn't have phones! the only way you had one in those countries in world war 2 were if you worked for the government! you can thank me now it's ok!
2006-10-23 19:40:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, they killed the ones who objected to wire tapping.
2006-10-23 19:41:29 · answer #10 · answered by JFra472449 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋