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RattMannPremium
join:2002-09-24
Los Angeles, CA | Will you be tracked for no reason? This is a great topic. Technology is our enemy again! Woo Hoo. Big Brother is back again and BIGGER than EVER !!! How about coming back down to earth?
I am always amazed when a perp is caught and brought to justice. Why? Because there are so many people, so few police and such limited budgets for them. I read recently that programs that monitor child molesters could not accurately track all of them because of lack of personnel due to lack of money.
In addition law enforcement agencies at all levels don't always "share" information with others due to rivalries, jealousy or ego trouble. The local law enforcement agencies don't like the feds, and the FBI doesn't like the CIA, who doesn't like the NSA who doesn't like any of them. Antiquated procedures, ancient computer networks and inadequate budgets constrain all of them. I mean no insult to any of these organizations, but do you folks really fear any of them? And speaking of egos, why do any of you think you are important enough to be tracked??? | |
 bencPremium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
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| said by RattMann:And speaking of egos, why do any of you think you are important enough to be tracked??? I think the issue here is the principle. The fact that someone unscrupulous in law enforcement could decide to track you.
Also, you might be right about the average person not being "important enough." But, what if you aren't "average?" What if you have beliefs and opinions that aren't "expected" or are "unpopular?" What if you are different in a way from most people, whether on the surface or underneath?
Suppose, because of that, they assume you might do something wrong, and they decide to track you? I doubt it'll be to the point that they know exactly what you do at home, or when exactly you eat dinner or use the restroom. But they could determine when you're likely to be home.
I don't know about most people, but I figure that it's no one's business where I happen to be at any given time, unless I choose to make it their business (i.e. "Honey, I'm going to the mall."). This is the kind of thing you'd expect small children to be exposed to, not adults. | |
 bentand IngaPremium
join:2004-10-04
Loveland, CO
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said by RattMann:This is a great topic. Technology is our enemy again! Woo Hoo. Big Brother is back again and BIGGER than EVER !!! How about coming back down to earth? I am always amazed when a perp is caught and brought to justice. Why? Because there are so many people, so few police and such limited budgets for them. Then maybe we should repeal some of the oh-so-profitable victimless crime laws that keep cops off of the real criminals?
Who would you rather the cops be chasing? The guy down the street that has a couple pot plants in his basement and faces asset seizure (big bucks for the State) or the ever-feared molester that's buggering your kids and will cost the system money and never put a dime back in?
Come to think of it, aren't all monetary fines inherently unjust? A $1000 fine means a whole hell of a lot more to the guy that makes $8/hr than it does to the guy that makes $50 an hour.
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