From: bjpendleton@charter.net
Date: Thu May 12 2005 - 08:52:56 PDT
if enough people complained and bitched about it, something COULD be done..
>
> From: Stephen Grammont <islander@midmaine.com>
> Date: 2005/05/12 Thu AM 10:56:48 EDT
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] {[MV] your papers, please
>
> Hello Rick,
>
> > I know that you will come back pointing out how we are
> > all wrong but I still will disagree with you.
>
> No, I don't disagree that it will be abused. I don't trust them
> either, even though a lot of good will come along with the bad. What I
> am saying is it is POINTLESS to oppose the adoption of technology. It
> will happen, sooner rather than later, no matter what. Strong and
> concentrated opposition (bitching to a Senator doesn't count) can only
> accomplish a delay, at best. And probably for not very long (or in
> this case not even a second). So the best that can be done is try to
> have strong limitations put in place and adhered to. Just like phone,
> cellphone, email, credit card transactions, and everything else we use
> every day that government monitors. Even though their powers will be
> abused, it won't be the sort of rampant 1984/Brave New World kind of
> thing *if* people stay on their case. And I don't mean a few people
> sending terse letters to Senators. I mean the likes of the ACLU, NRA,
> Amnesty International, and loads of other watchdog groups that operate
> here in the US. I would LOVE to count the free press in this, but with
> the rise of consolidated partisan media... they can't be counted on or
> trusted.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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