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Strategies & Market Trends : Strictly: Drilling II -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (29749)	3/24/2003 9:56:18 AM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36161

["Aside from the fact that it's becoming easier to collect information of a personal nature, the real question is what the collectors of the information are going to do with it, and what protections the individual has against abuse."] ...Soros & Others statements here are that Big Brother is collecting this information and using it against him ? Most of this information, or these alleged violations of personal freedom are from private business and are only done with the participation of the individual. If you don't want your purchases tracked at Krogers, or Safeway - don't use their Discount Cards. If you don't want your internet information tracked, use readilly available privacy software and don't give personal, or financial information online. The US Government & George Bush are hardly responsible for your medical information being collected & used... address the Private Insurance & Medical Sector with your issue's... if enough people want complete and total Medical Privacy; the Private Sector would address it within our capitalist system... "if" enough people are willing to pay the price for that complete privacy... and for now; obviously not enough people would - "pay"... again; a private sector issue, not a Big Brother & Big Government issue imho. Don't use credit cards, don't join clubs, organizations, don't list your phone number...use Cash, live in the Mountains of Northern Montana, use Diesel Generators to run your utilities, grow your own food and opt out of the entire system if you so desire... you have the freedom of choice to do just that if you so wish... so quit bitching; as all of you still have more freedom, more privacy, live in a more prosperous, free system than anyone else, anywhere else in the world. If you don't like it, opt out... or find a better system, somewhere else... MeThinks there'll be some cheap Real Estate in Iraq... soon, very soon...lot's of construction jobs etc...