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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> So are you saying, Lynn, that since it's still possible in some rural
> locations to make purchases with cash from stores that do not use itemized
> receipts that there's no need to be concerned about the erosion of 
> privacy?

I guess the difference is that I don't believe 'they' track us to the extent 
some people believe. I don't believe that they keep databases on my grocery 
purchases, or anything else that I buy. Why bother tracking everyone when 
it's far easier to just control what food is on the shelf? Make illegal 
anything that interfers with the plans of your corporate overlords (like raw 
milk or labeling GMO food).

I don't believe that 'they' know much of what goes on in my life...they know 
I own a farm and a truck, they know where I live, they know (some of) the 
money I make (some is legally not reportable). "They' know where I went to 
school and who has employed me. "They" can easily find out that I don't have 
much money in the bank or what my electric bill is. I don't consider any of 
that 'private' information. I suppose they could even track what books I buy 
online with my credit card, but since I buy used books, the booksellers 
would have to be involved and add the name of the book and my name to some 
database.

I AM against real invasions of privacy, like warrentless wiretapping. That's 
why I voted for a presidential candidate who was agaisnt all of that sort of 
stuff. I see these "databases" of information against people as being pretty 
unlikely, but I see bigger threats to our freedoms actually happening today. 
If we are so afraid of the power of these databases ("they are going to get 
me") that we are too afraid to speak out against the current stealing of our 
rights, then they have served their purpose, whether they exist or not. 
They've created a submissive population, too afraid to speak or act.

Lynn Wigglesworth