tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post6518890334181042098..comments2024-02-11T06:00:30.938-07:00Comments on Skeptical Eye: Prepaid DictatorshipNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-8822623756489560922010-06-12T04:24:36.479-07:002010-06-12T04:24:36.479-07:00Ginx, I wish I knew what point you're trying t...Ginx, I wish I knew what point you're trying to make. As usual, it isn't very clear.<br /><br />When you buy a prepaid cell phone, you're not buying it from the government, so what are you talking about? When I buy a camera I don't have to show ID (though I could imagine a law where that is required) and the same is true of most products. <br /><br /><i>Oh my god! They'll know who I am! The horror!</i><br /><br />This is typical "liberal" mockery, making fun of people who are concerned about the state gathering information on everything. Real liberals used to be against such things, but today you can't tell them apart from your everyday right-wing fascist.<br /><br />As to banks, etc., much of the info you are forced to give when, say, opening a checking account, is <i>required</i> by federal law, and I'm as against that as I am every federal regulation.<br /><br />So what "double standard" are you referring to? You <i>voluntarily</i> give information to a private institution (and in a free market there would be lots of choice unhindered by the state) whereas the law in question would <b>interfere</b> with the transaction between two private parties. And private institutions don't have the police powers and monopoly of force that the government has, which makes the comparison apples and oranges.<br /><br />And since it is now apparent where you really stand, I guess you have no problem with the PATRIOT act or Bush's wiretapping of phone calls (hey, Ginx, if you've got nothing to hide...) either.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-52151794107086342522010-06-11T22:43:49.957-07:002010-06-11T22:43:49.957-07:00Oh my god! They'll know who I am! The horror!
...Oh my god! They'll know who I am! The horror!<br /><br />You guys will bitch about giving your name to the government, but you'll tell banks, credit card companies, and all manner of private institutions any piece of personal information they ask. The double standard is amusing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-63543904536845073482010-06-11T21:42:07.104-07:002010-06-11T21:42:07.104-07:00Thanks, Suzan.Thanks, Suzan.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991410496107221875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-542518648627849085.post-13876048495806822462010-06-11T08:56:04.188-07:002010-06-11T08:56:04.188-07:00Sheesh!!!!!!!
I love your title.
And your thinki...Sheesh!!!!!!!<br /><br />I love your title.<br /><br />And your thinking.<br /><br />We knew this was coming since Cheney/Bush's first measures after 9/11.<br /><br />Which had nothing to do with the 9/11 event.<br /><br />WAKE UP, PEOPLE!<br /><br />And thanks, again and again!Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.com