Re: Whitehouse "dissident" web site monitoring?
Sure. I'll respect their privacy as much as they, and the organizations they oversee, respect mine. I'll use as the respresentative organizations the IRS and the Social Security Administration, which respects my pricvacy so much that they use prison inmates to process paperwork.
If I was in a nasty mood, I'd add the USPS.
Sarcasm aside, they show no interest in other people's privacy. Why should we go out of our way to do anything but show them how bad the situation is?
Adam
Oh please! Some clerk browses the internet and you don't want to respect their privacy because of the IRS? This makes sense how? I suppose that you're going to dig up information about me and spread it around the internet because you have issues about the company I work for? Suppose someone did something bad to you and justified it by saying that harvard is an elitist school that once did something bad to their uncle. Patrick _______________________________________________________________________ / These opinions are mine, and not Verity's (except by coincidence;). \ | (\ | | Patrick J. Horgan Verity Inc. \\ Have | | patrick@verity.com 1550 Plymouth Street \\ _ Sword | | Phone : (415)960-7600 Mountain View \\/ Will | | FAX : (415)960-7750 California 94303 _/\\ Travel | \___________________________________________________________\)__________/
(Phill Hallam Baker's request that we respect the privacy of Government employees started this thread) | > Sure. I'll respect their privacy as much as they, and the | > organizations they oversee, respect mine. I'll use as the | > respresentative organizations the IRS and the Social Security | > Administration, which respects my pricvacy so much that they use | > prison inmates to process paperwork. | > | > If I was in a nasty mood, I'd add the USPS. | > | > Sarcasm aside, they show no interest in other people's | > privacy. Why should we go out of our way to do anything but show them | > how bad the situation is? | Oh please! Some clerk browses the internet and you don't want to respect | their privacy because of the IRS? This makes sense how? I suppose that | you're going to dig up information about me and spread it around the | internet because you have issues about the company I work for? First off, I was being somewhat sarcastic, as you might have noticed from several things, not the least of which was the phrase 'sarcasm aside.' That said, why should I respect the privacy of government employees? There is a substantial difference between government and private companies, in that I am not compelled in any way to do business any private company. Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume
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