The Surveillance Society
Link here. The president doesn't realize that this type of tyranny is what the founding fathers so vehemently fought against. Fighting terrorism may be a noble intention, but the eroding of our freedoms makes stories like this extremely disturbing. I'm glad the Senate rejected the extension of the Patriot Act today.
Anyone see Enemy of the State? Rent it if you haven't. Fiction, yes, but it should be worth noting what could happen in a surveillance society when we can't trust the integrity of those doing the watching. Where do you draw the line? At stopping terrorism? Or any other type of political opposition? I had a discussion with a friend of the family this past Thanksgiving who's quite apprehensive about all of this. He said to me, "I do not know where the prison begins or ends. If it's there or here." At face value he seems a bit paranoid, but then I remember that he escaped from Czechoslovakia during the Soviet days, so he has more of a first-hand perspective on civil liberties, or the lack thereof.
Anyone see Enemy of the State? Rent it if you haven't. Fiction, yes, but it should be worth noting what could happen in a surveillance society when we can't trust the integrity of those doing the watching. Where do you draw the line? At stopping terrorism? Or any other type of political opposition? I had a discussion with a friend of the family this past Thanksgiving who's quite apprehensive about all of this. He said to me, "I do not know where the prison begins or ends. If it's there or here." At face value he seems a bit paranoid, but then I remember that he escaped from Czechoslovakia during the Soviet days, so he has more of a first-hand perspective on civil liberties, or the lack thereof.
posted by Bob Martin at 6:06 PM
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If I've said it once, I've said it a million times. 97% of the world's problems can be solved by spending two hours with a Will Smith movie.
Hitch took care of the majority of tensions between people. The rest of our fears would be allayed if we took some notes while watching Independence Day.
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