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September 18, 2007
Burning Question
Is national security worth compromising individual privacy?
For more on this, see last week's Data-Mining Program Scrapped Amid Privacy Failings.
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9 CommentsNO.
If we give up liberty for safety, we deserve neither.
September 18, 2007 2:23 PMNO.
Sacrificing liberty for security is a bad policy.
What we need are sealed borders and enforcement, something the socialists and fascists will not allow.
September 18, 2007 2:33 PMThe results of any poll can be controlled by how questions are stated. The real question should be this: "Would you trade access to your phone calls, e-mails, etc. to a machine that is mining certain words and phrases in return for the life of your loved one who was killed on 9/11"? A second question would be: "If your personal safety and that of your living loved ones can be increased by a large measure, would you trade that same access"? Any other questions are meer bull sh*t and do not come close to striking the heart of the decision that the question begs. It is not about what you "give up" if anything, it is about what you may gain in a situation whose consequences, if they occur are irreversable.
September 18, 2007 3:13 PMIf we declare ourselves a free country, then individual freedoms CANNOT be denied within our borders, BUT the country's security measures MUST start and end at the borders. As is obvious, our politicians and bureucrats are squimish to act and censure certain types for fear of trampling their rights ( AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR FREEDOMS)
September 18, 2007 3:46 PMWhat do we have to hide if we are honest and a few stupid forwarded e-mails get read.
Key words get noticed, analyzed, digested and if you are unlucky at worst they will contact you for an explanation. Better safe than dead.
September 18, 2007 7:07 PMHell Yes !!!!!!
September 19, 2007 7:16 AMThis country was founded on the principals of individual freedom and privacy. That was the biggest difference between this country and the many countries our ancestors came from. If the country can no longer serve its primary function, we have to question whether its security is critical. Do we exist for the benefit of the country, or does the country exist for our benefit?
September 19, 2007 9:59 AMTony Kremm -- The answer to your question was stated by the Crown Prince of the east coast liberal establishment and a person upon whom we have declared the nearest thing to saint hood that we have politically..."Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". I'll leave it up to you to "guess" who.
My personal belief is that the two positions are so interdependant that they are in actuality one and not separable.
September 19, 2007 1:55 PMIf we used our common sense and forgot about "racial profiling" and other politically correct enforcements, we wouldn't have to answer such a question.
September 19, 2007 5:19 PM
