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When people say "If you don't have anything to hide, you don't have any reason to
worry", it's just one more piece of propaganda to cause you to give in to something
that's wrong. You know it in your gut, but you think you'll go along because your
government told you to.
The whole true purpose of the Citizen Spy program has nothing to do with Homeland
Security, it has to do with causing the people of this country to begin fearing each
other, to separate us and cause us to become confused about who to trust. In the
end, that would cause us to rely on the government completely. It would cause us to
be quiet, to not participate in Democracy out of disgust and hopelessnes, and it would
cause us to be afraid to speak out when we know that our government is doing things it
ought not do.
So, I decided what I'd do is turn the tables on the Bush Adminsitration. After
all, why should they be entitled to such extreme privacy and secrecy, while we're
subjected to invasion of privacy to the extent of criminality. Imagine authorizing,
as agents of the government, fellow citizens to make illegal searches of your home.
That's exactly what Citizen Spies do. And, it's unconstitutional.
Here's what I'm going to do:
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I'm going to put up a sign outside my front door. It will say this: Dear
Possible Citizen Spy:
I don't know whether you have agreed to participate in the TIPS program or not, but I
believe it is both unconstitutional and just plain bad for the American culture.
While I do not blame you personally for being dis-informed and recruited into what is a
betrayal of your fellow citizens, I can not allow my disapproval of such policy to be
overridden by my compassion for the situation you have been placed in.
Still, there are some rules you must adhere to in order to enter my residence, or step
onto this property in the future.
a) You will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement.
b) If you choose not to sign the confidentiality agreement, I may send you away.
c) The alternative is that I may require you to be blindfolded and lead you to the
place where your services are required. I will supervise your every movement
every moment you are on these premises. I will video tape your every movement.
d) If you refuse to do the services required because working under these
conditions makes you uncomfortable, I will understand, and consider that my message has
been sent.
In addition, I will write to your employer and inform them that I consider their
willingness to participate in such programs to be un-American, and that your refusal to
comply with my terms and conditions may cause them to be liable for damages resulting from
the breach of contract and breach of the implied warranties of their advertising, and
general descriptions of services in the contracts and fine print as agreed to upon
instigation of the contract originally entered into for such services.
Such complaints will be persued in accordance with precedent established in rulings
consistent with prior petitions and civil actions presented under the authority of the
FTC.
e) Whatever events occur, I will log my notes about this incident in a little book,
complete with your name and company name, and send it to all of my elected officials in
protest of this tyrannical governmental policy. I will write the same kind of letter
and send it to my local newspapers, as well as mention you in internet chat rooms and
message boards.
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If you wish to engage with the occupants of this household, please knock on the door 3
times briskly, and then step back 20 paces and await further instructions.
Otherwise, please have the courtesy of calling me upon return to your office, so that I
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Sorry to put you in this position, really, but, the government has put you in this
position, not me. And I oppose this policy. If you don't like to be treated
this way, then we have something in common. I don't like being treated this way
either, yet it's exactly what you're doing by participating in this program. Please
think about how you are being used, and how much distrust and division such policies will
do to our country. And then do whatever you believe is right.
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