Comments on: The War for Information http://quizaxehatrack.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/the-war-for-information/ Because Sapience Matters Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: dougwead http://quizaxehatrack.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/the-war-for-information/#comment-10 dougwead Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:37:54 +0000 http://quizaxehatrack.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-10 You know, I am a conservative but it drives me up the wall to hear people in this administration promoting the eavesdropping of American citizens and the ridiculous argument being made that if you have nothing to hide why should you care? The point is that once the goverment focuses on someone and once they think a person is guilty and once they invest in pursuing that person, it is hard to back down. This is not only true in government it is true in medicine or any other discipline. Once a doctor jumps to a diagnosis everything he or she sees and hears confirms it. Cardinal Richeleu once said, "Give me four lines written by any man and I can have him tried as a criminal." It is easy to prosecute someone. And if you are listening into telephone conversations and you imagine you are hearing something or you misunderstand something the target is dead meat. Remember when Michael Reagan got into the mess with the Secret Service? They were assigned to protect him buy when he returned an item for refund they mistook it for shoplifting and the rumors spread. No one confronted Michael and gave him a chance to explain, it finally reached the president. When the truth finally came out and Michael asked, "Dad why did you believe them and not me?" The president replied, "Son, they saved my life." So there you go. If the president's son cannot escape such misunderstandings why do you think that the government will understand you and your conversations. www.dougwead.wordpress.com You know, I am a conservative but it drives me up the wall to hear people in this administration promoting the eavesdropping of American citizens and the ridiculous argument being made that if you have nothing to hide why should you care? The point is that once the goverment focuses on someone and once they think a person is guilty and once they invest in pursuing that person, it is hard to back down. This is not only true in government it is true in medicine or any other discipline. Once a doctor jumps to a diagnosis everything he or she sees and hears confirms it.

Cardinal Richeleu once said, “Give me four lines written by any man and I can have him tried as a criminal.” It is easy to prosecute someone. And if you are listening into telephone conversations and you imagine you are hearing something or you misunderstand something the target is dead meat.

Remember when Michael Reagan got into the mess with the Secret Service? They were assigned to protect him buy when he returned an item for refund they mistook it for shoplifting and the rumors spread. No one confronted Michael and gave him a chance to explain, it finally reached the president. When the truth finally came out and Michael asked, “Dad why did you believe them and not me?” The president replied, “Son, they saved my life.”

So there you go. If the president’s son cannot escape such misunderstandings why do you think that the government will understand you and your conversations.

http://www.dougwead.wordpress.com

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