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Originally Posted by pgardn
Kind of interesting.
We take the right to privacy very seriously.
But our own constitution says nothing about it.
Its says plenty about liberty and individual rights,
but nothing on the right to privacy. We have kind of assumed this
and this group definitely has.
It will always be balancing act.
The society/government cannot
function properly with some sort
of information about individuals.
This will continue to be a major point
of clashes in the Supreme Court. (ie the court
will continue to see this contentious
theme in cases for a very long time imo)
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We're one terrorist attack away from being in a police state in the U.S..
Interstate highways will all become toll roads and tolls will be taken (and your papers checked) by Haliburton staff.
All the while, another generation of "manstream" American kids raised on McDonalds and Ritalin who have been taught to express themselves by reciting text (or, as needed, turning shopping malls into shooting galleries) as opposed to thinking critically will emerge as our new leaders and best hope.
The ChertOff Your Back.