Afraid to say it? It's a reality. Are you upset at having to file income tax too? You should be, where's the privacy there? Was it wrong for FDR to read and censor the mail? Should prosecutors pull medical records? Does the Gov't have a right to know your medical records if they are paying for your care? All things to think about.
good points, and, to be honest...yes...I don't like filing income tax. Yes, it was wrong for FDR to read and censor the mail. Yes, prosecutors probably should pull medical records. But you and I are ordinary citizens...interested in contributing to our country. Not criminals. Not suspects. Not terrorists.
Is it really a defense of NSA intrusions into our homes--and make no mistake about it...when the records are this vast, it includes us, too, you and me--is it really a defense that a democratic president who founded the massive welfare state also abused his power? How can that possibly justify this? How do we stop more government invasions into our lives if we give in to them just because we know government already invades our lives?
Maybe you're right...maybe we just have to accept it for what it is, in this day and age. But can you imagine where we'd be if the resources spent on compiling records on millions of average Americans actually were devoted to finding bin Laden? He's the ONE person we know who isn't calling the U.S. on his cell.