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To: Lane3 who wrote (10352)	1/30/2006 10:55:25 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541647

Sorry if I mixed you up with someone else - I thought you basically said you didn't mind the government listening to all your calls since you had nothing to hide...and I don't recall the rest of the argument so I won't put (wrong) words in your mouth. Seems to me there is a principle that government can dictate conduct on public roadways. They dictate speed limits, traffic rules and vehicle safety standards. So helmets and seat belts are an outgrowth of that established tradition. I draw a different line when I am at home where I should be free to smoke, do drugs, pay for sex, kill myself, burn the flag or do pretty much what I damn well please if it doesn't hurt anyone else. That includes picking up my phone to have a conversation with someone else in their private residence, provided I haven't given probable cause to justify a wiretap warrant. But I am sure each of us will frame the issue differently. I just had this memory that you weren't so high on the right to privacy where the telephone is concerned. Apologies if I got that wrong.