[clue-talk] surveillance cameras

[Kevin Cullis]

But, then again, here's the other end of the same spectrum ....

> “By 1801, however, it became clear that the policy of appeasement  
> had failed. The Pasha of Tripoli, who five years earlier had been  
> satisfied with a payment of $56,000, now demanded increasingly  
> larger sums. When they were not forthcoming, piracy resumed. The  
> same held true for the other Barbary states. The Algerians received  
> payments from the U.S. totaling $990,000 plus another $585,000 in  
> 1793 to cover the ransom of 11 American ships. These were  
> extraordinary sums for a nation with a budget of no more than $7  
> million, but the appetite of the Muslim states seemed to grow  
> evermore insatiable.
http://www.khouse.org/articles/2007/691/

... and most think that the current world has grown beyond this type  
of "diplomacy" in combating terrorism. This was two hundred years  
ago!!! Notice what solution was taken by Jefferson!!!

The real question is: is our Government really trying to create a  
totalitarian system or is it really protecting our nation? Those of  
the Nanny State believe any movement toward protecting us is becoming  
a Totalitarian state. In fact, I was reading somewhere that  there  
are more lawyers involved with this "war on terrorism" than any other  
"war" that people, especially the US, have fought in the past!!!

So, regarding cameras, if the cameras are for protecting from evil  
doers, then I'm all for it, but if the cameras are to protect the  
government from it's problems and/or illegal activity, take them down.

Kevin

On Sep 23, 2007, at 9:03 AM, Sean LeBlanc wrote:

> On 09-23 07:47, Michael Fierro wrote:
>
>> Ah, but you forget that the current administration considers such  
>> concepts to
>> be quaint and antiquated. Especially since the scary terrorists  
>> that we all
>> need to be terrified of, to the point that we give up all of those  
>> quaint old
>> freedoms guaranteed us in the Constitution...
>
> "Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the  
> leaders of the
> country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter  
> to drag
> the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship,  
> or a
> parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the  
> people can
> always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All  
> you have
> to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the  
> pacifists for
> lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
>
> -Herman Goering
>
>
> -- 
> Sean LeBlanc:seanleblanc at comcast.net
> http://sean-leblanc.blogspot.com/
> Being normal is just a figment of everyone else's imagination.
> -Carissa L.
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