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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Exactly.  You worded it better than me.  The fact that you are trying to live 
without creating a record makes people , including the people who want the 
records; more suspicious than ever. 
 This really is 'Orwellian".  

To me, it is a muh bigger deal than how my chicken was fed, or where chicken 
factories dump their manure, although I am very concerned about those issues, 
also.  

I can quit eating chicken or oysters or crab and substitute another meat or 
seafood.  I can't quit driving or going to the store, or needing id, and I 
don't want to bridle my curiosity by not engaging my thoughts and curiosities 
on the internet.

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--- On Sun, 11/30/08, Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Our digital trail - "Orwellian future"
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 2:42 PM
> I'm with you, Bob.  This stuff freaks me out, especially
> since voicing
> opposition to it makes me a crazy.  Why should I be forced
> to live like
> someone with something to hide in order to maintain
> reasonable privacy?  If
> I do try to live under the radar, heaven forbid that I ever
> be investigated
> for some reason--my lack of records would be taken as proof
> of criminal
> behavior.  Because everyone knows that if you're doing
> nothing wrong, you
> don't care about privacy.
> 
> Cathy
> 
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 4:27 PM, bob ford
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Voluntarily, hmmm.  Like driving.  remember the
> article I posted a couple
> > of days ago , one cop can tape and record for
> perpetuity 8000 car licenses
> > an hour.  Soon, they monitors will not be held by
> cops, but placed every so
> > often on a freeway or road system, your every travel
> will be recorede.
> >
> > This is not science fiction; it is happening now.  Why
> should I pay over
> > $2.00 lb. for frozen chicken when the store has it for
> 59 cents lb with the
> > store card.  Should I be required to pay triple or
> quadrupluble just for the
> > exact same anonymity we all took for granted just a
> few years ago?
> >
> >
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