-=PCTechTalk=- Re: to Robert....and other stuff

>George Orwell's 1985 needs to be remembered...and feared!  Even in 2003.

More so now than ever!!! We are giving up our rights faster than it takes a
computer to boot up. Sept 11th was the end of free speech in America, think
I'm wrong? Ask the Dixie Chicks if they can speak their mind freely!

Neil


----- Original Message -----
From: <TechRose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 3:19 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: to Robert....and other stuff


>
> I first want to say...I do not like the idea of kiddie porn.
>
> But, unless there is a reason to be looking at the files that contain the
> kiddie porn...I am not sure that would hold up.
>
> Illegal search......
>
> I think that computer stores should warn people that if they happen to
come
> across any illegal pornography on the computer, the store policy is to
> immediately notify the police dept. (If State Law requires it..quote the
> law.)
>
> Even then, I am not sure such an incident would hold up.  After all, what
> was the technician doing looking in a file labeled  ________?? what ever
the
> name of the folder is.
>
> Even if labeled Illegal Child Pornography..I am not sure they have a right
> to go to that file folder as it is NOT part of the work order.
> I doubt very much anyone could justify searching personal files.
>
> I think that it is an invasion of privacy.
>
> If I knew what Robert's Technician did..I would be suing big time.  And
that
> technican has no scruples.  Saying it was for religious reasons is totally
> dishonest.  How would his religion handle this?  The ends do NOT justify
the
> means....
>
> Robert, you are an upstanding guy..and I am glad you are who you are... I
> appreciate your attitude.
>
> George Orwell's 1985 needs to be remembered...and feared!  Even in 2003.
>
> I agree that taking a puter to the shop with kiddie porn is dumb... but..
> that is not what he would be arrested for.  I sure wish there was a law
> against being that dumb!  But, the jails are too full now!
>
> I am all for protecting kids, but that does not give me the right to peek
> inside someone's windows to see if they are being mistreated, not fed,
used
> as sex objects, or anything else.  I do not have the right to put a
> microphone in their house and listen to conversations.  I do not have the
> right to put in a video card..and search or view someone's files.....
Just
> the facts...nothing but the facts.
>
> Again, I am against kiddie porn..but... I am for being a free person.
>
> Hugs,
> Rose
>
>
>


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