Monday, July 02, 2001

Stop Looking Over My Shoulder!!!

Has our privacy been invaded? Are we victims of a crime that steals our personal freedom to a right of privacy? Can you find cases of how the government invades our privacy unknowing to its citizens? Of course not, otherwise it would defeat the purpose of invading your privacy. If you know that somebody was going to invade your privacy, then I hope you would try to stop them at all costs. However, if you didn't know that your privacy was being invaded then how would you know who to stop and when? Take for example the United States Post Office that delivers your mail everyday. Are they invading your privacy as you wait in line counting your money? Who is to say that they aren't profiling you as a drug dealer as you count your own money that you have to send to Aunt Frieda for her debilitating disease? How are you sure that they aren't filling out a form while you stand there waiting for the next clerk to send off that money? Well fellow Americans, they ARE filling out their forms for those customers that send large denomination money orders or count a large wad of cash. What is so wrong about it? Well if you take a look at the form it has a statement at the top saying, "Without alerting customers provide as much of the following information as possible." Is this an invasion of privacy? It sure is an invasion of privacy and it should be stopped. It even says, "Without alerting the customer.." How many of these forms have your name on it? Take a look at this form here. Maybe you want to distribute these to those that are standing in line at the post office and ask them, "Has your name been on one of these?"

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