I appreciate the Hagmann's work. I frequently listen to their archives while I am working. In fact I listened to this very thing on Tuesday's archive broadcast yesterday morning. I rarely have an argument with what they do.
I have to say though, something here is rubbing me a bit the wrong way. Let me say from the start that I recognize the evil of our present political administration and the possibility that Obama lied about the authorship of his biography, well it is no big surprise. In fact most everyone of fame who "writes" their biography has a ghost writer to do the grunt work and make it sound good. So big whoop! Having an admitted terrorist do it just makes it that much more plausible in Obama's case.
What is troubling me, is that the private correspondence between two people has been published by a third party. And a proclaiming Christian, patriot at that. We abhor the long arm of our Government reaching into our private lives. And yet, somehow, it is OK for one private citizen to do it to another. I know the motives are holy in this man's eyes. But the path to hell is paved by........what?
The difference is that the constitution protects us from government action. No one has any Constitutional protections against the actions of another private citizen so long as he is acting on his own and not as an agent of the government. If you don't like a private citizen stealing your private information, that is what torts are for.
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The difference is that the constitution protects us from government action. No one has any Constitutional protections against the actions of another private citizen so long as he is acting on his own and not as an agent of the government. If you don't like a private citizen stealing your private information, that is what torts are for.
Posted by Anonymous to Frank Smith Says NB at December 12, 2013 at 3:13 PM
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ReplyDeleteI appreciate the Hagmann's work. I frequently listen to their archives while I am working. In fact I listened to this very thing on Tuesday's archive broadcast yesterday morning. I rarely have an argument with what they do.
I have to say though, something here is rubbing me a bit the wrong way. Let me say from the start that I recognize the evil of our present political administration and the possibility that Obama lied about the authorship of his biography, well it is no big surprise. In fact most everyone of fame who "writes" their biography has a ghost writer to do the grunt work and make it sound good. So big whoop! Having an admitted terrorist do it just makes it that much more plausible in Obama's case.
What is troubling me, is that the private correspondence between two people has been published by a third party. And a proclaiming Christian, patriot at that. We abhor the long arm of our Government reaching into our private lives. And yet, somehow, it is OK for one private citizen to do it to another. I know the motives are holy in this man's eyes. But the path to hell is paved by........what?
The difference is that the constitution protects us from government action. No one has any Constitutional protections against the actions of another private citizen so long as he is acting on his own and not as an agent of the government. If you don't like a private citizen stealing your private information, that is what torts are for.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous has left a new comment on your post "A private e-mail admission by Bill Ayers":
ReplyDeleteThe difference is that the constitution protects us from government action. No one has any Constitutional protections against the actions of another private citizen so long as he is acting on his own and not as an agent of the government. If you don't like a private citizen stealing your private information, that is what torts are for.
Posted by Anonymous to Frank Smith Says NB at December 12, 2013 at 3:13 PM