So you think you have Nothing to HIDE ? [View all]
You have no connections to "terrorists".
You are a good citizen who holds a job,
goes to work everyday,
pays his taxes,
stays out of trouble,
votes,
attends church,
never makes waves,
generally goes along to get along.
In fact, you consider yourself a Good Citizen who wants to help your government fight "terrorism",
so if the government wants to collect your information and keep a file on you,
you're ALL for it.
After all, you have nothing to hide.
....or do you?
Has your bank ever made a mistake and bounced a check when your had deposited the funds to cover it?
Has your landlord ever made a mistake in your rent collection or Security Deposit?
Has the Police ever made a mistake and ticketed you for speeding when you weren't?
Have you ever gone to court....for ANY reason?
Did YOUR address get mistakenly printed on a Drug Search Warrant?
Has your son or daughter ever been in trouble at school?
What about that time when your rebellious son was hanging out with the wrong crowd that night and got picked up for Criminal Mischief,
and you went down to the station and signed him out?
How about the other side of you family?
You know, the Ner-Do-Wells with your same last name?
Don't they have a son who goes to all those protests with OWS?
What about that insane neighbor who heads up the Neighborhood Watch?
Didn't you piss him off one day by blocking his driveway for five minutes while moving a piano? Did you know that he was Filing Reports on "subversive" neighbors late at night on his computer?
ALL of these things and more will find their way into your file in the new age of Total Information Awareness.
These files are PERMANENT.
You don't get to read them and correct mistakes.
Once something goes in that file, right or wrong, it is FOREVER,
and you won't ever know.
In the New Age of Total Information Awareness (TIA),
the System will use this information to Keep Order
and ensure that Only the Right Kind of People get ahead.
Your File can have an influence on every single important aspect of your life AND the lives of your family members, AND their children.
....and you can't figure out WHY you were denied that Business Loan?
...or WHY your daughter was denied admission to that prestigious University?
...or WHY the City wouldn't grant you that building permit
...or (Fill in the blank)____________________
We may or may not be there yet,
but that IS the direction we are headed.
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