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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve harris who wrote (273222)	2/10/2006 1:42:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578068

Steve, After the uproar from cities mailing home speeding tickets containing photos of the offender and his girlfriend, I don't think the world wants videos of them and their acquaintances made public. LOL, one of these days cheaters will have to realize that their actions are not "in private." Anyway, I don't have a problem putting limits on what government can or cannot record. We all love our freedom and our privacy, and the less government does to restrict it, the better. Putting limits on what the public can or cannot record, however, is trickier. I kind of like it when Dateline, for example, uses hidden cameras to bust dishonest repair shops or the "Make Money Fast" e-mail scams. But I don't like it when papparazzi go to extreme lengths to get a shot of Lindsay Lohan or Brad Pitt for the tabloids. Nor am I a fan of those who want to become "whistleblowing heroes" with the help of a liberal media reliving the Watergate era. I'm not sure how you can legislate responsibility in free speech, however. Better to just educate the public and let them figure out for themselves what is newsworthy and what is just a publicity stunt. And now, the "king for a day" steps down from the throne ... Tenchusatsu