Robert, I will reply with another quote: "...every elevation of the type 'man' has hitherto been the work of an aristocratic society, and so it will always be. A society believing in a long scale of gradations of ranks of differences of worth among human beings and requiring slavery in some form or another..."
You assume we live in an egalitarian society; rather than an aristocratic one. I am very sorry to tell you that what you fear has already come to pass. That is to say, it always has been... On 2013-12-19 11:42 PM, "Lewko, Robert" <lew...@uleth.ca> wrote: > > I have been reluctant to weigh on this for a while; but I can't take it > any > > more: ARE WE THAT NAÏVE to think that the NSA, CSIS, FSB, CSS, GDE, > MOSSAD... even the Iranian Mukharabat did NOT spy on electronic > > communications? Seriously, how delusional are we? These entity exists > solely for that purpose. > > > > I personally do not mind, I have nothing to hide and if there is a > chance > > doing so can prevent the next catastrophe from happening, so be it. > > This attitude leads to a very treacherous slope!!! > > It was Benjamin Franklin who said, "Those who would give up essential > Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty > nor Safety" - and I would add will ultimately achieve neither. > > Another quote from a great thinker, George Santayana, said, "those who > fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it". > > We would do well to study the writings of Jefferson and Madison and the > rest of the American "Founding Fathers". They have much to say about > today's current events! > > Here's what I am alluding to: > > Something somewhat more serious than what Terrell brought up is this: what > if the spying isn't meant for the average person - AT THIS POINT. What if > the actual target is for anyone who mounts any opposition to the party in > power (by party I mean the person or group in power not political parties > as such)? Would the intent then be for the party in power to use this to > identify the opposition and target them? The surveillance can be then > used to look for something to compromise (black mail) and therefore > silence the opposition. > > Tyranny is the result!!! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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