So you think you have Nothing to HIDE ?

[dmr]

6. You can be a victim of interpretations.

Snoopy people with too much time on their hands making assumptions about how you live, what you read, where you go, who visited your home, where or whether you worship, etc. Hey, some fear you're a terrorizing Muslim if you have a beard!

Shoot, it doesn't even have to be snoopy people. There are people whose strong belief systems are so sharply critical that they see bad in far too many instances.

After 911, the Bush* administration pushed forward the meme of 'either you're with us or against us', and the 'watch what you say'. Too many Americans wrapped up in the fervor of Nationalism. And, oh, what a crime for not having a flag pin on your lapel.

Does anyone remember the young man who was reported because of a book or a printed article that was sticking out of his bookbag as he made an order at a coffee shop? Or the guy who was detained at a mall (upstate NY, I think) for what was printed on his T-shirt?

I don't want to think what the future Richard Nixon's / Dick Cheney's of this world would do with this continuous collective information.