XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2024-08-08 4:36 a.m., D wrote:   
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   >   
   > On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, CrudeSausage wrote:   
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   >> On 2024-08-07 1:46 p.m., D wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> I remember once when I was in airport security and the guy asked if   
   >>>>> he could look through my things. I told him, "oh, so I have a   
   >>>>> choice? If I have a free choice, of course the answer is no".   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The guy actually smiled, I saw he got it, apologized and said he   
   >>>>> had to do it anyway since it was his job. Since I was in a good   
   >>>>> mood, I refrained from saying that the Nazi prison guards were also   
   >>>>> just doing their jobs.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> At the airport, security has no choice but to look through your   
   >>>> stuff but there is absolutely no reason for them to ask you to go   
   >>>> through an x-ray machine when they can just as easily pat you down.   
   >>>> If ever they ask you to step into an x-ray machine, the only answer   
   >>>> is no, especially if you were "randomly-selected" but you don't look   
   >>>> like the angry, sweating Muslim down the queue.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ah, but they do have a choice. The choose freely to take that job, so   
   >>> that is why they always will have to listen to my arguments. ;)   
   >>>   
   >>> As for X-ray, no sir, I always take the manual way. Usually, well at   
   >>> least in some airports, that has been quicker too!   
   >>>   
   >>> I remember once in the US, I asked a security guard about it, and he   
   >>> sigh and said "oh, you're one of those, come with me", and he let me   
   >>> skip about 100 meter of queue, had a quick pat down, and was on my way!   
   >>   
   >> Same here. When I wnet on a trip to Portugal with my in-laws in 2013,   
   >> I also insisted that they not agree to the x-ray machines. They are   
   >> not there to help detect anything; they are there to make sure that   
   >> the population gets a heavy dose of radiation. I notice that a lot of   
   >> institutions have already come out to claim that these full-body scans   
   >> are safe but they are not.   
   >>   
   >   
   > For me it is also about making sure there is always a choice. It is the   
   > same with electronic money vs cash, or public services that are only   
   > available through smart phones (with tracking) vs on pen and paper.   
   >   
   > The government wants to remove cash and they want to make sure that you   
   > need a tracking device on your person at all times. Nothing would make   
   > them happier. The silent majority are unaware and seldom think beyond   
   > the next TV-show.   
   >   
   > So as always it's the enlightened few who have to fight for the freedom   
   > of all the rest, while being hated for it, since they do not understand   
   > what it is all about and only see us as "that guy" who causes trouble   
   > all the time.   
   >   
   > I mean, look at china with their social credit score, or the truck   
   > protesters in canada, I think that should be enough of an example of how   
   > evil the government is, and how important it is not to become dependent   
   > on smart phones and virtual money.   
      
   I'll be the first to admit that I like the convenience of electronic   
   money. While being totally anonymous, I have a problem with cash in that   
   I always end up losing the pennies or forget that I even have bills on   
   my person to pay for anything. Clearly, this makes it easy for the   
   government and financial institutions to track me. At the same time,   
   this is how decide what my credit score will be and whether it is safe   
   to offer me a loan, so I can't complain too much.   
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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