by Jerome Rohleder

Created on: February 27, 2008   Last Updated: February 28, 2008

More privacy = Less freedom

As ironic as this may seem, this is actually what is happening with the freedoms that American's once enjoyed. You see the more the courts sign into law things like restrictions on the police, F.B.I. and other law agencies pro-actively listening into our phone conversations, looking at our emails, installing camera's in public places (street corners, parks, alley ways) or pulling one over in their vehicle on suspicion of illegal activity. Being able to tint your vehicle windows so dark that the police cannot see anything that is going on inside. The ability to look at a person's health records or the doctors list of patients and their health records.

To ask for proof of a person's citizenship! In "sanctuary cities", government agencies cannot ask for proof, of even ask a person if they are legally in America.

Knowing that there is a party going on in a house where there are under age kids, drugs, alcohol and/or sex, but because there are no complaints from neighbors of noise, nothing can be done until a warrant is obtain and that(if approved), may take days.

Let's take the topic of our phone conversations. "TO ME"! I do not care if the police and or F.B.I. are listening in on my conversations. I know I am not going to be doing anything illegal on the phone. I know I am not going to be making drugs deals, planning bank heist, trying to lure some little kid out of their house, or confirming final details on blowing up a building. As long as my non-illegal, innocent conversations are not made public, I could care less. But not to be able to monitor drug deals, terrorist threats and other criminal activities, unless the law agencies get a warrant is crazy. In a lot of these cases a monitor is needed on the spot and cannot wait for an hour, day or week for approval of a warrant. And in a lot of cases, since we have so many privacies, the warrants are not even approved, especially if you are a politician and/or an executive in big business.

This is the same with emails. Yes we send things that we "shouldn't", but are not illegal. As long as these (should not do's) do not make it to the public, then no harm is done to me, if I am unknowingly being monitored. But remember this; I shouldn't be monitored long, because I am not doing anything wrong, and so no harm done. But that would be the cost of being suspected of doing something illegal, and so can be used to clear us as well. And for those who are hacking, dealing in kiddie porn and planning

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