skip said:
ssj12 said:
Dogs Rule said:
twesterm said:
What liberty is being taken away? Does it really matter that someone is monitoring my phone calls? I promise you that don't care that you went out drinking last weekend and shoplifted a twinkie.
Like I said, again, if you have nothing to hide you shouldn't care.
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The right to privacy is considered to be a civil liberty in many jurisdictions. It is in Canada. @ yellow comment: That is not the way your constitution is set up, nor is Canada's Charter of rights and freedoms. Civil liberties, such as the right against unreasonable search and seizure,were not conceived as technicalities to get the guilty acquitted. They are there to protect people who have "nothing to hide" from being searched for no reason, even if it means some evidence will have to be excluded in the trial of a guilty person. |
twest - i agree with Dog. It is eating away at our liberties. Lets quote Ben Frankin Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. |
Yeah I agree with dogs aswell. I would also like to add that letting yourself lose one liberty is the stepping stone too the loss of another. + there is a high probability that this will end up being a failure and a big money pit. |
Personally I don't like to use "slippery slope" arguments, but it does work.
@ Teal statement:
Are you thinking of the Canadian gun registry, which cost Canadians 2Billion $ rather than a few million? :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_registry
