Re: Whitehouse "dissident" web site monitoring?

> 
> 	Sure.  I'll respect their privacy as much as they, and the
> organizations they oversee, respect mine.  I'll use as the
> respresentative organizations the IRS and the Social Security
> Administration, which respects my pricvacy so much that they use
> prison inmates to process paperwork.
> 
> 	If I was in a nasty mood, I'd add the USPS.
> 
> 	Sarcasm aside, they show no interest in other people's
> privacy.  Why should we go out of our way to do anything but show them
> how bad the situation is?
> 
> Adam


Oh please!  Some clerk browses the internet and you don't want to respect
their privacy because of the IRS?  This makes sense how?  I suppose that
you're going to dig up information about me and spread it around the 
internet because you have issues about the company I work for?

Suppose someone did something bad to you and justified it by saying that
harvard is an elitist school that once did something bad to their uncle.

Patrick
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(Phill Hallam Baker's request that we respect the privacy of
Government employees started this thread)

| > 	Sure.  I'll respect their privacy as much as they, and the
| > organizations they oversee, respect mine.  I'll use as the
| > respresentative organizations the IRS and the Social Security
| > Administration, which respects my pricvacy so much that they use
| > prison inmates to process paperwork.
| > 
| > 	If I was in a nasty mood, I'd add the USPS.
| > 
| > 	Sarcasm aside, they show no interest in other people's
| > privacy.  Why should we go out of our way to do anything but show them
| > how bad the situation is?

| Oh please!  Some clerk browses the internet and you don't want to respect
| their privacy because of the IRS?  This makes sense how?  I suppose that
| you're going to dig up information about me and spread it around the 
| internet because you have issues about the company I work for?

	First off, I was being somewhat sarcastic, as you might have
noticed from several things, not the least of which was the phrase
'sarcasm aside.' 

	That said, why should I respect the privacy of government
employees?  There is a substantial difference between government and
private companies, in that I am not compelled in any way to do
business any private company.

Adam

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