From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 22:34:17 MST
Samantha Atkins wrote:
> Amara Graps wrote:
>
>> http://www.free-market.net/spotlight/1984/
>> "Was '1984' a how-to book?"
>
> It is time the American people reminded our government of their sworn
> oath to uphold the Constitution, including the Fourth and Fifth
> Amendment. This kind of snooping obviates the need for further searches
> since everything is always searched in real time! Please tell me enough
> of the American people understand the evil of this to raise bloody
> hell. Oh yeah, I forgot, no one, especially in government, understands
> or takes the Bill of Rights seriously. - samantha
OK, suppose I agree to raise bloody hell. I carry a sign
that says... what? Down with Total Information Awareness?
Samantha, what do you have in mind? Our bill of rights was
developed before the internet, so we need to propose privacy
rules and get very specific.
I propose a rule: anyone has a right to conceal or reveal
any human interaction in which one has direct involvement.
Sounds simple, right? If you are involved in a transaction
with another person, you have the right to conceal it, and
so does the other, but either has the right to reveal all
she knows and all she has witnessed, which effectively outs
the other person involved.
Nondisclosure agreements can still be signed, as before,
and still would work the same as always.
Does that work? Is it in accordance with the Bill of Rights?
Which provision is violated, if any?
spike
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