Re: Respect for privacy != Re: exposure=deterence?

[jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>]

At 10:19 AM 1/19/96 +0100, Anonymous wrote:

>On 15 Jan 96, Rich Graves wrote:
>
>> But government employees should only be held accountable for 
>> their actions as government employees. If the situation 
>> warrants, go ahead and tap their offices, break into their work 
>> computers, etc. But don't fuck with their personal lives.
>
>Oh, my! A little sensitive, are we? Aren't you even a *little*
>struck by the fact that fucking with people's personal lives 
>is *precisely* what errant government officials *do*???

I LOVE this response!  This is the kind of comment that totally destroys 
Rich Graves' position: Graves' would allow the government to screw with US, 
as ordinary citizens, while we're denied the ability to defend ourselves.  

Maybe I was excessively rude by calling Rich Graves a "fucking statist" on 
this list, but I don't think I was at all inaccurate. 

>We Jurgar Din


Thank you for putting Rich Graves in his place.
Jim Bell