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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 14:56:18 Reply

yes, and the franklin quote was about people who choose to allow their privacy to be violanted


I have nothing against people who can use pot and lead a productive life. It's these sanctimonius hippies that make me wish I was a riot cop in the 60's

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 15:27:00 Reply

i for one welcome our overprotective overlords

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 20:05:31 Reply

At 9/6/04 03:27 PM, BrainwashMe wrote: i for one welcome our overprotective overlords

*gives BWM a cookie*


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Because 2,000 years of "For God so loved the world" doesn't trump 1.2 million years of "Survival of the Fittest."

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 20:27:43 Reply

At 9/4/04 11:00 AM, stafffighter wrote: None of you see a problem with the invasion of privacy inherent in this?

It's a voluntary process.

If you want to submit your retina scan and fingerprints to get through the airport faster, good for you.

If you want to skip to the head of the line by getting a tracking chip implanted in your head, go for it.

If you want to get all sorts of conveniences for the low low price of constant supervision of all of your activities, RAD.

Just don't make ME do it.

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 20:29:12 Reply

It would prove too costly to have it everywhere.

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 20:30:10 Reply

Elfer's right.
There not forcing anyone to do it. They're just asking for you to give up a bit of liberty in return you get safety and a few perks. I don't see anything wrong with that.

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 21:46:33 Reply

The more you allow to be taken the further they will see it's ok to go on us.


I have nothing against people who can use pot and lead a productive life. It's these sanctimonius hippies that make me wish I was a riot cop in the 60's

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-06 21:51:29 Reply

At 9/6/04 03:49 AM, Just_Think wrote: Just because Ben Franklin said it doesn't mean its right. Im sure if he'd lived through 9/11 he might have a different view on the topic. Of course the definition of essential liberty can also vary, so who knows.

Ben Fanklin, had he been a man of these times, would be selling shirts on the internet emblazoned with the quote "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"

And he'd be making a fortune at it.


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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-07 15:57:22 Reply

Answer me this. What are you without freedom?


I have nothing against people who can use pot and lead a productive life. It's these sanctimonius hippies that make me wish I was a riot cop in the 60's

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Response to big brother getting bigger 2004-09-07 20:00:02 Reply

Basically, a worker drone, living for the sole purpose of meeting the ends of whoever is running the show.