From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:   
      
   > Salvador Mirzo   wrote:   
   >>Adrian  writes:   
   >>   
   >>[...]   
   >>   
   >>> Note my use of "friends" not friends.  When I asked why I was told   
   >>> that what I don't know can't hurt me.   
   >>   
   >>Speechless.   
   >   
   > This is pretty typical of Americans today, I think.  If you talk about   
   > privacy, they say they have nothing to hide and accuse you of being   
   > suspicious.   
      
   I've noticed that some people say this because they really don't think   
   much about this.  It's a bit of ignorance perhaps; but not always a   
   hopeless ignorance.  We are thinkers in these matters; most people are   
   not.   
      
   For instance, I've seen many intelligent people say things like---``a   
   site like YouTube shouldn't let every video be posted; some videos are   
   outrageous''.  (And, indeed, YouTube doesn't let every video be posted.)   
   They can't quite see that freedom of expression is something that's   
   all-or-nothing.  This is easy to see for people who think about such   
   matters for a long time.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)