Adam Shostack <adam@bwh.harvard.edu> writes:
Not that I'm a Clinton fan, but most of his orwellan proposals have been around, simmering, for a while. Both Clipper & Post Office national ID cards first came up under Bush. health ID cards are, of course, Hillary's.
That's very true. The fact that they have been simmering is one thing. Clinton's administration wants to raise the heat and boil the issue. Just like every tax payer bears the burden of debt for every taxpayer before him, so too does every politician bear the burden of the old ideas he proposes as new ones.
The problem is not any one particular idiot in office, but a strong public desire to give up a little freedom for a little security.
And it's funny: When phrased that way, most people see little SECURITY, and ignore the first half. When phrased as "A little security only costs a little freedom", all of a sudden, people are up in arms. *sigh* --Jeff -- ====== ====== +----------------jgostin@eternal.pha.pa.us----------------+ == == | The new, improved, environmentally safe, bigger, better,| == == -= | faster, hypo-allergenic, AND politically correct .sig. | ==== ====== | Now with a new fresh lemon scent! | PGP Key Available +---------------------------------------------------------+