Sellam Ismail wisely wrote:
> Check out the other articles while you're at it. Be prepared to be very
> disappointed with what the Founding Fathers had in mind and what we have
> ended up with today :(
Well said! All that most of the present politicians in the
U.S. appear to be concerned with today are taxation, oppression,
lining their pockets with cash, and being pawns of business interests.
Why don't they just rename the USA to something like the United Police
State of America and have it over with?
Back something slightly more on-topic: how many here, when giving
further tought to the pros and cons of computers get the feeling that
we'd all be better off if computers and some related technology didn't
exist? I'm thinking of those cameras attached to computers which are
being used in Florida to identify and track people, based on their
facial features, walking on the streets and sidewalks, in an attempt
to "catch criminals." In other words, they're comparing people's
faces to pictures of criminals in a database. Those seen talking with
suspected criminals, or those with similar faces, become suspects as
well. Very Orwellian. Why people aren't shooting at the cameras and
protesting against their use, I don't know or understand. I guess
that "good little citizens of the state" (foolish, senseless, people)
ought not do such things.
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Received on Wed Jul 04 2001 - 11:38:54 BST