People today, are actually accepting the fact that we live in an age with zero privacy. The government can store your information, and people are okay with this. Now they have your information, well what if tomorrow, or in a year, or in 10 years, the government implements another bad policy, and decides that they can target people for crimes committed in the past? Or for having a different ideology than the party in power (not unlike the IRS and EPA unfairly targeting conservative groups), will have the means and information to do who knows what to the individuals that are considered a threat. The point is, that just a few years ago, the public was against the Patriot Act for fear it would be abused. Now it is being abused, and people are accepting it. This is how a society changes, people accept their government’s actions because its just one more bad policy. But how many more times will we accept government intrusion through bad policy into our lives? In 20 years, or 50 years, where will we be?
Regarding Snowden, he broke a law. And I wonder about the National Security Implications. Real terrorists, now know one of the means we collect information and monitor them. However, the public does have a right to know what is going on. Terrorists will now use other means to transfer information and we will have to adapt the way we monitor them, if we can figure out how they are doing it. I am torn on this. I do not want our government having more power over us, however I believe there is a serious threat to the world regarding terrorism, not just in America but all over the globe.
One more thing: I think everyone should pay attention to who exactly denounced the Patriot Act, and is now accepting it because their party is in power. And also, who lobbied for the Patriot Act, and is now denouncing it, because their party is not in the White House. It is a great time to see which politicians are actually principled, rather than just going along with their party. And a great time to see exactly how much politicians lie and get away with it!
People today, are actually accepting the fact that we live in an age with zero privacy. The government can store your information, and people are okay with this. Now they have your information, well what if tomorrow, or in a year, or in 10 years, the government implements another bad policy, and decides that they can target people for crimes committed in the past? Or for having a different ideology than the party in power (not unlike the IRS and EPA unfairly targeting conservative groups), will have the means and information to do who knows what to the individuals that are considered a threat. The point is, that just a few years ago, the public was against the Patriot Act for fear it would be abused. Now it is being abused, and people are accepting it. This is how a society changes, people accept their government’s actions because its just one more bad policy. But how many more times will we accept government intrusion through bad policy into our lives? In 20 years, or 50 years, where will we be?Regarding Snowden, he broke a law. And I wonder about the National Security Implications. Real terrorists, now know one of the means we collect information and monitor them. However, the public does have a right to know what is going on. Terrorists will now use other means to transfer information and we will have to adapt the way we monitor them, if we can figure out how they are doing it. I am torn on this. I do not want our government having more power over us, however I believe there is a serious threat to the world regarding terrorism, not just in America but all over the globe.One more thing: I think everyone should pay attention to who exactly denounced the Patriot Act, and is now accepting it because their party is in power. And also, who lobbied for the Patriot Act, and is now denouncing it, because their party is not in the White House. It is a great time to see which politicians are actually principled, rather than just going along with their party. And a great time to see exactly how much politicians lie and get away with it!
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