Re: I don't know who's leaking this stuff...

David Dean wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
>  Chris Wright <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> As far as I am concerned, criminals don't have a right to nothing, and 
>> for them to be able to hind behind the likes of you and me because we 
>> refuse to give up some of our rights, just doesn't sound right.
> 
>    That might be true once they are convicted of a crime, but until then 
> they should be treated just like innocent citizens. It is wrong to 
> assume people are criminals.
> 

They are not assuming they are criminals.
Do you recommend that all policemen wear blinkers and ear defenders to 
stop them looking at innocent people? Only when a crime is committed may 
they then walk up and accuse them of doing something wrong?
How would the policeman know?

Just because they are recording your phone conversation does not make 
you a criminal, nor does it imply that you are one.

It's not as if they are going to listen to each and every call, it will 
go through the system until 'keywords' are picked up automatically then 
be given a look at.

It's not going to care if I am talking to my mistress, talking dirty to 
my wife, phoning a chat line, slagging off the Prime Minister/President 
Shrub.

But the instant I start phoning someone asking if they can get hold of a 
6 year old virgin girl that I can 'photo' at the weekend, or 'please can 
I order 3 of your very best AA Missiles and have them delivered to the 
parking lot at Dulles International', then I would hope the authorities 
would be knocking at my door before I put the damn phone down.

I'd hardly call protecting my way of life a threat (i.e the freedom to 
actually 'slag off' the prime minister, the freedom to have a mistress 
and the freedom slag off my wife)..

I fully understand your concerns, but don't agree it is an infringement 
of anybodies rights, and even if it were, then in this age, those rights 
need amending...