Thread: And it Begins: RFIDs

Originally Posted by drewmandan

Yeah, until they declare you an "enemy combatant". But don't worry, I'm sure you have nothing to hide.

In a way this is a valid point. Just recently I heard of another (German) Islam-critical website getting heat from the cops. Now whether I agree with a Christian douche bashing Islam when his religion is just as nonsensical is beyond my point. Essentially he got called by the cops and ordered to take out anything critical of Islam, which he refused to do, citing freedom of speech. Then he got a letter, ordering him to take it off or risk a trial (for risking inciting violence or some shit).

My whole point is that surely the government doesn't care about you if you're a well-behaved citizen, but it does start to care if you're trying to make use of those constitutional rights that they think are mostly there for decoration, but quite nutty when put into effect (like actually having free speech - who the fuck would want that except some freedom-loving third party nutjobs?).

Also, this particular example was kind of bad because he had a domain with standard registration so of course everybody can find out who runs the site, it wasn't a privacy issue, just an issue of the government getting all worked about something minor.

I'm just a bit worried that it is more and more presumed that every citizen is a potential criminal. That's bullshit. Take my fingerprints and facial profile for getting a ID card or passport? I mean, WTF? Already putting up fucking retina scanners at some international airports? That's a bit worrying. They basically assume that everyone could be carrying a giant nuke in their pants. They should be assuming that people are innocent until proven guilty, like it says in the fucking UN human rights charter. Not only when I'm already in a trial, BEFORE that. When there's no evidence beyond reasonable doubt to assume I'm a potential criminal, then there shall be no infringing of my rights. Is that so hard to understand? Apparently so.