From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Wed Mar 29 2000 - 23:32:43 MST
Zero Powers wrote:
> Right. What my opposition seems not to realize is that the government
> *already* has the ability to conduct surveillance on us.
Roger that. But dont think of Mike as your opposition. We're among
friends here.
> In my city there
> are cameras on all the freeways and almost all the intersections.
Same here.
> They have thermal vision devices that can track my movement inside
> my home while they are out in the street.
Have you been to Fry's lately? Those cool night-vision thingies
are cheap! I woulda bought one if I could figure out a use for
one. {8-]
> In some cities microphones are
> being installed on grids throughout the city to listen for and pinpoint
> gunshots.
They are coming from Mike's house, shooting down my pet wasps.
> There are spy satellites right now in the
> sky that can show what color shirt you are wearing.
Lets fool em by not wearing one.
> So really all I'm asking for is the ability to look back at them. Funny
> thing is that these guys who would deny me the right to keep an eye on my
> government like that probably think of themselves as libertarians!
I think of myself as libertarian. I am suggesting that whatever info
is available to government be made available to anyone who
wants it. Remove all laws that can be removed. Universal surveillance
makes a whole bunch of laws unnecessary. spike
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