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"A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. "
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This frightens me.
And, no, the argument "do nothing wrong and worry about nothing" does not convince me that this is okay.
It's called fascism when fear about one group of people infects the thinking about the entire community and then creates justifications and actions to limit the entire community. Especially when that one group of people causing the fear has little or no relation in motive to the motives of the entire community, which on its own is pursuing, in majority, a happy and sustainable lifestyle.
This is bizarre and unconscionable.
Posted by: Douglas | May 28, 2008 at 03:55 AM