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Barry you make a really good point. I hate hearing that dumb old argument that "if you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear" but why does that make it okay for governments to spy on us 24/7/365? Simple answer, it doesn't. If you are law-abiding and have nothing to hide then you should not be on their intrusive surveillance radars. It seems to me that ALL government plots to undermine our freedoms are sold to the masses on the grounds of "security" and frankly I find it all a load of bull.
If you remember, Hitler took control of Germany through a series of aggressive actions such as the Beer Hall Putsch, the rise of the Brownshirts, and then forced through the Enabling Act to grant himself full Plenary power. We'd never stand for that these days, would we? So instead we are led to sleepwalk into a similar state by being sold lies and propaganda based on common fears and security issues.
It's all too common that governments like to keep us scared (and the threat of terrorism is a great one for that at the moment) so that they can introduce these seemingly noble ideas which in reality do nothing but erode basic freedoms. It's the oldest trick in the book. Create a "fear" and then introduce a "solution". Jeez, it's a common sales trick! Like when sales reps make you afraid of fire in order to sell you a new alarm system.
It is all getting very out of hand, and although I have nothing to hide I do NOT want my life being scrutinized by unknown persons in high positions of authority just in case I might one day commit a crime. I don't want my DNA in a database, I don't want every little detail about my life in their database, I don't want my text messages and emails to be traced by them, I don't want to have to carry an ID card, and I am sick to death of being filmed every effing place I go!
For those of you who don't seem to mind all this, let me ask you a question - would you object if a couple of policemen forced their way into your house and observed everything you did for a couple of days? The surveillance society is pretty much the same sort of thing. And I for one am sick to death of being part of their bloody human zoo!
