This is for every anti who ever said the Founders could not conceive of modern weaponry, and for every gun owner who replied they also couldn't conceive of modern communications tools. Looks like that assumption will be applied across the board... [More]
Hey, who needs those pesky First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Amendments anyway?
Besides, if you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?
Now we see why retroactive amnesty for criminal telecoms was so important. They are too "vital" to be subjected to the rule of law (or the market). Their help will be needed in the fight against enemies of the state.
ReplyDeleteMy recommendation: Get a used $200 laptop for communications and leave your real computer unplugged.
My recommendation would get you arrested, but it may well be unavoidable anyway.
ReplyDeleteSA, I think you've hit the real nail on the head here.
ReplyDeleteThe "unavoidable" part actually has another aspect, as well: at this rate, before long, nobody will be able to do anything without transgressing some sort of law, and that may well be the point. To fuel the illusion of its own legitimacy, government must have "problems" to "solve", and if there really isn't a problem, one can be neatly created with new mala prohibita. The War on (some) Drugs has proven to be a beacon lesson among tyrants in how to create, foster, and (appear to) fight a criminal underclass that simply didn't exist before the witch hunt started.
Hey, what do you suppose the opportunities for "swatting" are here?
ReplyDeleteTrueCrypt. Use it, love it, laugh when they try to see what you keep on your encrypted drives.
ReplyDeleteAnd Big Brother yet agains grows another venomous tentacle.
ReplyDeleteNow it is not just the Second Amendment that is under siege. The First, and Fourth is also being attacked now.
It won't be long before Patriot Act II comes along, under the disguise of some euphemistic, "progressive" sounding name.
Re: Straightarrow: I regret to say this but in the near future will come a time when any person who protests against the administration will be labeled a lawbreaker and subject to arrest. To quote a famous European diplomat on the eve of the Great War in 1914:
"I can see the lamps going out all over the land"
Whether we see them lit again in our lifetimes or stay permanently cold and darkened will depend on the courage of our fellow citizens.
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Anonymous is correct and I will add go find the tool ERASER- just do not wipe your Recycle Bin with it.
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