tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post115426244196249002..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: National Traitors OrganizationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1154479828338888112006-08-02T10:50:00.000+10:002006-08-02T10:50:00.000+10:00yuo have a very good eye, mr horton.yuo have a very good eye, mr horton.lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1154303058312125762006-07-31T09:44:00.000+10:002006-07-31T09:44:00.000+10:00thnx for that.the funniest thing is that i hadnt n...thnx for that.<BR/><BR/>the funniest thing is that i hadnt noticed that "our national security" had now morphed into "our nation's national security"lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1154265238825110062006-07-30T23:13:00.000+10:002006-07-30T23:13:00.000+10:00I believe that you are causing the weakness of our...<I>I believe that you are causing the weakness of our nation's national security</I><BR/><BR/>lol, it's all your fault, lukery. um, where can i sign on to that national traitors org?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1154265019764034282006-07-30T23:10:00.000+10:002006-07-30T23:10:00.000+10:00I myself do not mind if they listen to my calls ov...<I>I myself do not mind if they listen to my calls overseas because I know that I am not doing anything wrong.</I><BR/><BR/>are they all this fucking braindead? totally missing the point. a few months back i posted on <A HREF="http://rimone.org/archives/2006/05/19/bruce-schneier-on-privacy-v-security/" REL="nofollow">Bruce Schneier on privacy v. security</A>. as he explained:<BR/><BR/><I>‘Some clever answers: “If I’m not doing anything wrong, then you have no cause to watch me.” “Because the government gets to define what’s wrong, and they keep changing the definition.” “Because you might do something wrong with my information.”<BR/><BR/>'My problem with quips like these — as right as they are — is that they accept the premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It’s not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect.<BR/><BR/>‘Two proverbs say it best: Quis custodiet custodes ipsos? ("Who watches the watchers?") and “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”<BR/><BR/>‘Cardinal Richelieu understood the value of surveillance when he famously said, “If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged.” Watch someone long enough, and you’ll find something to arrest — or just blackmail — with. Privacy is important because without it, surveillance information will be abused: to peep, to sell to marketers and to spy on political enemies — whoever they happen to be at the time.<BR/><BR/>‘Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we’re doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance...'</I><BR/><BR/>and he goes on, wonderfully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com