Words of Advice:
"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne
“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *
"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown
“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie
"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul
"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad
"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown
"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers
"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown
"Eck!" -- George the Cat
* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone
5 comments:
Don't you find it disconcerting that there seem to be a lot of very logical, sensible arguments for the erosion of your rights?
That line is very soothing to the masses. It keeps the pigeons feeding while the hawk swoops in for the kill.
plate readers, I recall reading about them in a manuscript. Seems they are real. Damn, big brother _is_ watching me!
No reason to feel paranoid, you are being watched.
Eck!
So this explains why the cops are putting black tape over their badge numbers -- because they *have* done something wrong, and thus *do* have something to fear. Alrighty, then!
- Badtux the Observant Penguin
Whenever someone says some version of "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear," they are talking about fascism.
Anyone who knows me knows I never use words lightly and I do not do so here. Because once you accept the logic of the quote, where is the limit? What invasion of privacy, what measure of government surveillance of our every move, of our mail, our phone calls, our bank accounts, our health records, can't be justified on those grounds?
Indeed, you mentioned 1984. By that logic (note I'm not talking the Constitution here, I'm talking the logic), what could be the objection to the cameras inside your house that were part of that story?
Thanks for the link. The casual attitude of the police toward the privacy of the rest of us, the casual embrace of the notion that the limitations on what they can know about us and our movements are only those of the available technology, are truly chilling.
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