CORRECTION2007 said:
people are having fun.
zekes is deflecting the issue. the purpose of the warrantless wire tapping of everyday people is to collect info on what people are doing, not prosecution. most of the people under surveillance, whether it be animal rights activists or 911 truth people, have not committed any crime.
the american government is simply interested in knowing as much as possible about its people so far. the info may be used in the future when it comes time to send people to concentration camp. but there is no prosecution in mind for the moment.
and the age of the Constitution is soon passing.
Deflecting the issue? Age of the Constitution Passing?
I don't think so.
By saying that I'm deflecting the issue, you are implying that there will be a change to the Constitutions of countries like Canada and the US that would make that admissible.
Now my memory is long enough to remember how the Conservatives tried to ram through the Meech Lake Accord... and they couldn't do it.
Constitutions are usually very hard to change.
Also, the whole 'concentration camp' thing has happened in the past. But there is one fundamental difference between the past and today... today it is much harder to control the spread of info. Plus, there is a VERY large number of people who are VERY paranoid over something like that happening again. This works both in favour and against the government.
It works in favour in the sense that it's easier than ever to get info on someone. But the flip side is that it's easier than ever to publicly embarrass the government into doing or not doing something.
The best example of this is China. 100 years ago, something like Tiananmen Square would have been easily suppressed. Any reporter that did see what was going on wouldn't have had any means to get the info out of the country quickly... unlike in 1989... and even more today. It forced Chinese authorities to moderate their behaviour (although they still have a long way to go).
If things were moving the way you think they are, I would be one of the many many people embarrassing the government out of that behaviour, one way or another.
If they are watching you as you say, why don't you have some fun with it?
Buy a camcorder and start recording/watching them. Then for added fun, make a 'best of' compilation and give a few copies to those watching you when Christmas rolls around.
Hell, offer up some copies to people here. I'd be interested in seeing what you'd record.