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In reply to the discussion: The Errors of Edward Snowden and His Global Hypocrisy Tour [View all]Summer Hathaway
(2,770 posts)29. "How can you be free ...
... when your government knows who you call, when and how long you talk (or text)?
How does the government "know" who I call? Because my phone records - along with MILLIONS of phone records - are being compiled somewhere?
That's like saying the people who publish phone books "know" something about each individual listed therein. Name, address, phone number - there for all to see. And yet the average phone book printer, distributor, owner "knows" NOTHING about the people whose info is right there, in black and white, easily accessed.
I never felt threatened by the phone book that landed with a thud on my porch every twelve months. And I don't feel threatened now.
I'm one needle in a haystack of mammoth proportions, as are you. And if you think anyone, anywhere, is the least bit interested in "knowing" who you called and for how long, you are either paranoid in the extreme, or you have a sense of self-importance to beat the band.
How does the government "know" who I call? Because my phone records - along with MILLIONS of phone records - are being compiled somewhere?
That's like saying the people who publish phone books "know" something about each individual listed therein. Name, address, phone number - there for all to see. And yet the average phone book printer, distributor, owner "knows" NOTHING about the people whose info is right there, in black and white, easily accessed.
I never felt threatened by the phone book that landed with a thud on my porch every twelve months. And I don't feel threatened now.
I'm one needle in a haystack of mammoth proportions, as are you. And if you think anyone, anywhere, is the least bit interested in "knowing" who you called and for how long, you are either paranoid in the extreme, or you have a sense of self-importance to beat the band.
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we must never undermine the security of the ever-growing police state and it's massive
msongs
Jun 2013
#1
No, we must undermine it appropriately with validity, because to do otherwise invites greater
patrice
Jun 2013
#27
Have you heard that the NSA is engaged in a massive surveillance program
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#3
Posting this because of the great comments from the jury. Maybe some will take heed...
Scurrilous
Jun 2013
#9
Being pro-Democrat DEMOCRAT on a DEMOCRATIC web site is now referred to as...
Scurrilous
Jun 2013
#37
No, it's not illegal. If it's the kind of law that should be amended, or even declared
patrice
Jun 2013
#26
"..you are either paranoid in the extreme, or you have a sense of self-importance to beat the band."
Scurrilous
Jun 2013
#30
I said the same thing in another moronic thread where someone was trying to make that point
Number23
Jun 2013
#36
But, but, Infowars says Putin is a patriot! And Cuba is the last refuge of freedom! No shit!
freshwest
Jul 2013
#38