[snopercod]

Thanks for cheering me up </sarcasm>

Seriously, you are an asset to FR.

I live in a rural area where everybody pretty much knows everybody else, and you can walk in and talk to the Sheriff, Magistrate Judges, or owner of the local paper any time you want to.

Nobody can "sneak and peek" into any of our neighbors' homes without us hearing the dogs bark or noting the make and model of the vehicle which passed by. Well, it would be difficult, anyway...

This is more of a city-folks concern, I think. (But I'm still 'agin it.)

[NJ_gent]

"I live in a rural area where everybody pretty much knows everybody else"

I live in a fairly suburban spot, where everyone is of working age (and is thankfully employed). There's no one home during the day who would see people stopped at my house, breaking in and searching/planting bugs/taking pictures/etc.

"Nobody can "sneak and peek" into any of our neighbors' homes without us hearing the dogs bark or noting the make and model of the vehicle which passed by."

But what good does that do you? "Hey, John, I think I saw someone poking around your house yesterday while you were at work". And so what if you get the tags - the police certainly can't do anything about it, nor can they tell you anything about it. The biggest problem with this whole situation is the fact that it's perfectly legal under current law for this to happen. I'm not concerned with what agents of the government can do so much as I'm concerned with what they can do legally. No agent of the government should be allowed by law to simply wander through my home without me ever even knowing.