Re:The New World Order (Score 3)

I'm not concerned about a government protecting its citizens from legitimate threats, but
I am concerned about that same government with unlimited police powers. When we
permit our political system, either through action or inaction, to become orwellian in scope
we run the risk of becoming victimized by that political system.

Say that we repeal the fourth amendment and end all personal privacy. The government
is given a mandate to eliminate all threats. Who decides what a threat is? The
government. Now notice that most network intrusion attempts come from linux
machines. Perhaps those long-haired nerds aren't so harmless now...perhaps they bear
closer watching. Someone then might get the bright idea that these people..these
anti-social malcontents (they cant even dress right ferchrissakes!) should be removed
from the general population because they pose a potential risk, with their constant
evaluation of network security implementations..
and those cryptology freaks, what are they hiding? What dont they want us to know?

I, for one, don't want to live in a society where I worry what some bureaucrat thinks of
me. I want the freedom to be left alone as I leave others alone. I dont want to consult a
known list of echelon keywords, each guaranteed to trigger interest from unknown
agencies, before I think what to say.

I dont want to hurt anyone. I just want to be me.