What else do they want to know? When will it end?

[davekriss]

62. The reasonable right to privacy

If you value safety above all else, might I suggest you build a safe room in your basement and lock yourself in? You would then be safe from dark skinned terrorists, home invaders, the incessant propaganda of the TV.

Before giving up this degree of privacy, you might strive to understand the term "blowback" and come to see that there are other ways beside eroding civil liberties to secure safety in our lives.

Perhaps we ought to stop propping up right wing dictators around the world that squash their citizens hunger for freedom, a freedom that interferes with the ability of multinationals to secure profit. Perhaps we should stop subverting left wing, populist governments when they emerge around the world. Hey, maybe closing the School of the Americas in Ft Benning, now called something else to hide its purpose, or - o my gawd, close Guantanamo!!

There are other ways to secure a reasonable level of safety in our lives other than rolling over and surrendering our liberties.