3. Why is privacy considered a right? Why should we be concerned with government spying if we're not doing anything wrong? Honestly, I'm not trying to play Devil's advocate; I'm just having a tough time coming up with a coherent answer.
posted by Pascals Bookie @ 1:24 PM
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Its the slippery slope that you're so fond of! If you continue to allow incremental changes, you can end up giving a government a lot of power, by tiny steps, none of which seem like a big deal at the time. Also, even if the current government isn't doing anything terribly nefarious right now, there is NEVER a garuntee that a future government won't abuse overly lax controls on its power (governments are made of people, people are made of suck, remember). And finally, once the government knows what you are doing, it will be hard pressed to resist the urge to start telling you how to do it "better". I think that in general, the record bears out the conclusion that the larger and more removed the government (like say... the federal one) the more piss poor it is at dictating how people should live their lives. With a few exceptions.
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