Philadelphia Enquirer Story on Clipper
Jeff Gostin
jgostin at eternal.pha.pa.us
Mon Aug 1 14:57:50 PDT 1994
shamrock at netcom.com (Lucky Green) writes:
>> She said the public was far more
>> concerned with crime than*privacy.*
>
> It gives me the chills everytime I read that quote. I just can't get used to
> it.
Damn right you can't, because it starts a rather attrocious slippery
slope. Sure, right now it's phone calls. Next, corner "papers please"
checks. Finally, open random house checks, and thought police. Sorry, but
I didn't elect Orwell to be god, er, president. Of course, I didn't elect
Clinton either...
--Jeff
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