THis is one of those subtle issues, as pointed out above that is less obvious in the details. It is true that individual instances of being observed are not usually a problem to honest people.

However, the principle of being observed because you choose to act publically but ARE NOT REQUIRED to is really much more far-reaching.

For one thing, the observation is onlyu one hand on a two-handed throttle hold. The OTHER hand is mass compliace and agreement with direction from above, which is a far uglier thing, in politics. It is fine to be scrutinized as long as you agree with all the whims of the centralized powers.

But to DIS_AGREE requires free dialogue, freedom from fear, freedom from interference with open discourse, and a right to conduct ones legal affairs publically or privately as a free choice.

This is not just a matter of "I'm not doing anything wrong so I don't care who watches".

It is a much more important matter of the constraints of power. We aren't monarchists over here, or didn't used to be anyway, and empowering the central government to essentially spy on citizens is anathema to the Jefferson/Paine/Adams legacy that some of us were taught to consider an ideal for free men and women.

I spit. I spit because those who have taken over the quarterdeck, by chicanery, are now selling the ship into servitude by waving the flag of terror. I spit because the man at the helm is a commercial fascist. Most of all I spit because this turn of events is a clarion call for the forces of stupidity and barbarism to introduce a new Dark Age in the history of the greatest experiment ever begun by human beings. THis is a New Milestone for the Progress of Ignorance!!
All it took was buying a few judges. What a bright idea -- from a very short-term, self-serving, criminally-inclined viewpoint. What a tragic pollution for ther river of human history to be burdened with.

I spit twice.


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