You know, people always say they don't really mind being watched all the time. Or that their biometric data will be stored and kept by the government. Or that your private calls will be tapped. Well...
WHY THE HELL NOT? Please, tell me, why you think the government is perfect and worthy enough to govern your life?
2007-08-11 07:49:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Did Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia mean nothing to you people?
2007-08-11 07:54:41 · update #1
Sloan R, I truly hope you rot in hell.
2007-08-11 07:58:51 · update #2
I don't
mutate or die
2007-08-11 07:53:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
People use the argument that "I'm not doing anything wrong, therefore I don't care if they listen in on me."
This confuses me as much as it confuses you. For one thing, who defines "wrong"? What if a fascist leader (Republican *or* Democrat) tries to take over the White House and stage a coup. Will you still be glad you gave up your right to privacy? What if you strongly disagree with a leaders' stand on issues of abortion or the draft... do you want to be branded an enemy of the government, for voicing your opinions in private to friends?
People who say "as long as you're doing nothing wrong" tend to belong to the majority. It's like the ones who said that McCarthy had every right to ask citizens' political affiliations. People who said "no he doesn't" were automatically branded as communists (whether they were or weren't). People who thought McCarthy had that right were ANTI-communist, and thus just saw this as another useful weapon against "the enemy." They would sing a different tune if suddenly THEY were in the minority. And political climates DO change.
2007-08-11 07:55:51 · answer #2 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
An excellent question and the historical reference is appropriate. All abusive governmetns start off with close monitoring or the population in order to "protect" the nation from threats.
This then progresses to the government "removing" the "undesireable" persons.
The escalation continues until you have a population of very fearful people.
2007-08-11 07:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by afreshpath_admin 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-12 01:27:43 · answer #4 · answered by weberg 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We trade away freedoms for a bit of security. The founding fathers are spinning in their graves. The Bush administration is one small step away from a Fascist dictatorship. And most Americans march like sheep because thye are making some money.
2007-08-11 08:03:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I can't, because I don't.
This country has badly fallen from the standards we hold ourselves to respect -- we are no longer the land of the free, because we have abandoned those freedoms -- nor the home of the brave, when every decision is based on fear.
The only question is, can we stop the fall into fascism before it becomes irreversible, given how far over that cliff we've already gone?
2007-08-11 07:53:23 · answer #6 · answered by coragryph 7 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Your experience should teach you that anything someone thinks is worth collecting has value to the person collecting it. Value can be bought and sold which is what will happen to biometric data.
2007-08-11 07:54:15 · answer #7 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
who is telling you this? could it be those persons who have succumbed to the Bush terror scare tactics? I dont trust the government as far as I can throw the white house.
2007-08-11 07:56:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋