[Vision2020] Big Brother

[Pat Kraut]

I know that this is shaky ground Don. I also know that the Taliban and
others are out to make us more like them. They have said it and shown they
mean it all over the world. I do not want to loose my head because I won't
wear a long black rob. Is is really a police state yet? Can't we be
reasonable about this? Why oh Why do we always assume it will go all the way
to a police state? Why won't it just be easier to catch the bad guys? I am
sick of all the death scenes and those middle eastern men I have had talk to
me (this is not shared conversation, equal to equal) about my lifestyle. If
your not doing anything wrong THEY won't care what your printing. But, IF
you print something and they NEED to find you...to protect the rest of us,
why not? We live in tough times and it is not going to get better soon. It
means we must make tough decisions.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Coombs" <mushroom at moscow.com>
To: "vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Big Brother


  Pat Kraut wrote:
> What good is privacy if I no longer have a country?? Can others do bad?
> Yes, but that is not enough of a reason to stop doing this. Do I like
> it? Not really, I've read 1984. But, at some level if it helps even once
> to catch someone whose sole aim is to take away our lives then it has to
> be worth it. I am sick of all those death scenes. They are using our
> fears and way of life to take away our country. We need to be patient.
>

So living in a police state is okay as long as we still
have our freedom.

Beyond reading "1984," you might want to check out the
movie "Brazil."

Don Coombs

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