Re: Privacy, fare well. Hope we will see you again (Was: Debian Edu Extremadura work meeting june 2006)
> [Andreas Schuldei]
> > Please send me your passport number and your name *EXACTLY* as they
> > appear in your passport. otherwise you might have problems to
> > retrive your eticket at the airport.
>
> Wow, that was a new one. I've never seen a ticket office requiring
> passport number before. For privacy reasons, I prefer not to share
> that number with the ticket office. Why is it not enough with name
> and address?
>
> Privacy is not just some irrelevant convenience issue, it is a
> question of principles and and a question on who should be able to use
> and misuse information about other people. I personally believe the
> answer to two questions give a good indication if a proposal should go
> through or not:
>
> - Would we reacted negatively if the suggestion had been implemented
> in USSR during the cold war?
>
> - Would the secret police of a force invading our country be happy
> to find the suggestion implemented?
>
> If both are true, like with the recent EU regulation to store all
> communication patterns for several years, it should be fought. And
> registering the peoples travel patterns is equally problematic, as it
> give government yet another a database to misuse, and criminals yet
> another source of information.
>
> (And for those of you believing that we should let go of our freedom
> to gain security, I trust that you know that there is nothing new
> about this discussion, and probably also know this quote from
> President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): "Those who desire to give up
> freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve,
> either one." It is still true today. Power corrupts, and giving the
> government more power by reducing our freedom will not give us more
> security only less freedom)
Stop whining - Take it like a man - Take the Bus.
To the rest I strongly advise all to shun Air Carriers that don't take security seriously.
I prefer the freedom to travel in safety.
To those who prefer to travel in a vinged long Aluminium tube way up high
without any control - Think again.
Just like Thomas Jefferson I am a Libertarian - I too cherish the right to hold arms.
I too like freedom. That does not mean I don't lock my door when I go to sleep at night.
Safety from insane people gives me more freedom :-)
I will happily part with my nailclipper at the next airport if it makes my fellow passenger
it little bit less jumpy. I got nothing to hide and Nailclippers to spare.
I have kicked the butt of many a commie/fascist in my life.
Given the chance I will kick some more :-)
There will be peace on Earth - Eventually :-)
Greetings
Jim Oksvold
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