 THX 1138neo-ludditePremium
join:2007-01-24
San Jose, CA
1 edit | Nobody's Life is That Interesting I think it's funny that people complain about their loss of rights for another reason. Nobody's life is that interesting.
What do the Feds care if you surf for porn or check out a book on this subject or that?
Most people don't give a hoot about the person who's standing right next to them. Why should the federal government be any different? They probably couldn't care less that you bought firecrackers in a state where they're illegal, or emailed your girlfriend a lusty note, or... you fill in the blanks. They're probably bored to tears with the mundane vagaries of human beings. It probably depresses them more than it incites them to come after you.
I'd much rather the Feds do what they say their doing; intercepting calls/messages that target terrorist targets than have the Congress play politics with this thing and kill it over some vague notion of "rights". The notion that my rights will slip away if I'm not vigilant is a little paranoid, in my opinion. At the first whiff of a real right being taken away, the people would rebel. No one and no thing could stand up against the onslaught of the people demanding the right be restored. People working for the Feds would rat them out. There is no cabal. There is no conspiracy.
Nobody's life is that interesting. |
