03-05-2011, 06:55 PM
(03-05-2011, 06:11 PM)shitstorm Wrote:(03-05-2011, 05:26 PM)Methusala Wrote: I am not connected with law enforcement and never have been. But I have a healthy interest in society and the laws.
I do not consider any of this to be a so-called "invasion of privacy" simply because in each instance there is a triggering event which constitutes a legitimate waiver of the privilege...
Unalienable rights are not "privileges" doled out by the state. The state of Texas was caught surreptitiously collecting the DNA of newborns and they have been forced to destroy it. Parents thought the blood spots were just to check for diseases and did not consent to this big brother cataloguing of human beings as though they were the property of the state - or big pharma. Giving up ones unique life blueprint should be done by choice, not stealth.
SS....I see a shift in perception thanks to the likes of Facebook, twitter, everpresent cameras in day to day life and a myriad of other technologies. I hear your arguement and its a damn good one but the "concept of privacy" is changing and in the future may almost not exist. The phone, radio, TV, internet, home security systems, Iphones, netbooks, in everyones life will see to this shift and its coming fast.