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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)Or in case someone in government wants to shut you up for any reason at all.
Suspicious of government, am I? Our system is built on protecting citizens from government.
Your records may be boring. Mine are private, the way going to the bathroom is private: I'm not doing anything in there that I need to be ashamed of, but I'd be embarrassed as hell if anyone could see me doing it. Some folks may have done things that are truly wrong but unrelated. Think of Eliot Spitzer, trying to rein in the banks from their unscrupulous practices, and brought down for seeing prostitutes. When a state's chief executive, charged with enforcing the law, violates the law, yes, that is a problem. But that was not relevant to Spitzer's efforts to protect the people from predatory banking practices. Had he succeeded, many would be better off.
These records are a club that government can use to whack any one of us over the head, especially if we get uppity and try to question them.