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Originally Posted by raytri
Ah, the "I have nothing to hide" defense. Great. We'll just put cameras inside everybody's house, so we can catch any conceivable illegal behavior and nip it in the bud. That'll be a good way to enforce restrictions on sexual behavior, too. The biggest problem with those laws has always been the difficulty in enforcing them.
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Did I say that? Noooooo.........
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Besides making a mockery of the Bill of Rights -- why should we have any restrictions on searches and such if we've got nothing to hide? -- you ignore the most basic tenet of conservatism, which is that in a limited government, most things are simply none of the government's business. By volunteering to bend over and let them videotape every waking and sleeping moment of your life, you give the government carte blanche to become interested in every little thing you do.
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They don't do all that as you well know, and I don't accept lectures on conservatism from liberals. Conservatives are anti-crime, and pro-defense of the country, and support reasonable measures to further those goals.
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What about all those little things that aren't illegal but are still private and embarassing? Maybe you're having an affair; maybe you pick your nose. Maybe you drink too much. Maybe you like lounging around in your backyard in the nude. All those things become available to the government in this surveillance society you're so okay with.
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No, the nude isn't - and they can watch me pick my nose - what do I care? Wait, I'm gonna fart on the internet ........ hold on.............just a second..........almost!... BLLLLLAPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!! Whew!
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But of course we know the government would never stoop to using such information for mundane political purposes, right?
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Watch out - the black helicopters are out to get you!