Some news reports have suggested that the Bush administration used the USA Patriot Act to look at the e-mails of American citizens without a warrant. What’s your position if this was indeed the case? Should citizens be willing to give up their privacy? Does it bother you to know that your online communications are very potentially semi-private instead
My initial reaction to the Patriot Act was that I was totally opposed to it, I did not agree with what the Bush administration was doing and what the Patriot Act imposed on the citizens of the United States. However as I have grown up and matured my opposition to the Patriot Act has diminished, The Patriot Act seeks to protect the citizens of the United States my retrieving "private" information. The Patriot Act does not infringe on any sort of rights that we have for it does not hinder the first amendment or any other it simply seeks to protect the citizens of the United States. For these reasons I think that citizens should be willing to give up a small part of their privacy for their overall well being. If an individual has nothing to hide then why worry about others seeing their emails?
Redmond Weather Oregon
1 year ago
I can understand your point - but I also think the government should be a little more forthcoming and honest about it. Your average citizen likely doesn't think about the privacy of messages sent.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it should be a warning - like a drug warning - when you get an e-mail account?