By: N Exile

N Exile — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:41:01 +0000

“Privacy is the right to be let alone and is the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.”
“Decency, security, and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subject to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizens. In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it reaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lasbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means-to declare that the government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal-would bring terrible retribution.” Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis
If we wish to survive the near future with our rights intact, we must understand the size and the scope of this new threat. We must also understand its true identity: our own government. The war on terror is but an excuse to spy on the citizens it is designed to protect. We must end this constitutional chaos and restore as designed a government for the people and by the people, this would be the best counter measure to employ.

By: Nanoman

Nanoman — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:15:50 +0000

I have pondered this. IF the massive increasing surveillance, nano and nonnano, was used ONLY and PURELY to combat terrorism ALONE, it would not be so bad. But by the nature of people and governments, it will be abused. But the problem is, its here and growing. What next? Well, what about counter measures? How about nano and electromagnetic devices that interfer with and block the surveillance? What about devices that will destroy nano cameras?

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