If it means preventing a terrorist from killing 3000 Americans, I think I can live with the anguish of knowing that the government may look at my library record.
(Just don't give the government access to my MP3 playlist. I don't want to have to explain away Judy Garland's greatest hits.)
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
;^)
YOU might be able to live with it, but I WOULDN'T be able to live with it.
I'm not of the "I'm not doing anything wrong, so I have nothing to worry about," crap. The Patriot Act violates the Constitution -- and the government looking at what people read encroaches on freedom.
What can you say, though -- some people like to be ruled with an authoritarian fist, in the name of faux security.
That makes one of us. I'd rather not have Uncle Sam going snooping around in my personal business, thank you very much. I don't particularly feel the need to justify my reading habits to the government.
"I don't want to have to explain away Judy Garland's greatest hits.)"
Might get iffy if you have "Elvis Presley's Greatest Hits".