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Originally Posted by Robbie
I think there is a difference between me putting up things I WANT people to know about on FaceBook VS the govt. wiretapping me and watching my every move.
For instance...let's say Rochard isn't being quite honest on here...and in SECRET he lives a wild life and has a tranny girlfriend across town that he sees behind his wife's back.
Now some govt. bureaucrat has the goods on him.
Rochard could now be blackmailed.
J.Edgar Hoover held a lot of power in this country for DECADES by doing stuff like that.
Now think of the political implications (which is what Hoover did all those years) and you can see that just as the Democrats are using info against Republicans now...the Republicans will return the favor when they are in power too.
The govt. is just too big and too powerful. Just my opinion.
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Abuse of power is always a danger, but protecting the populous is very important.
Of course that does not count to the CT folk, because the government made up the terrorist threat so that they could create prism.
Its in someone's sig on here, I dont remember who, and so right. It goes something like "You cannot win an argument with a retard".