RE: Katrina Timeline and Libertarian issues

[Lowell C. Savage]

Y’ know.  It’s rather interesting that the folks that wrote the US Constitution already thought about that “balance” between privacy and safety and wrote it into our 4th Amendment.  “The right of the people to be free in their persons, houses, papers and effects, to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.   Pretty well covers it, I’d say.   Lowell C. Savage It’s the freedom, stupid! Gun control: tyrants’ tool, fools’ folly. Travis Pahl wrote, in part: On 9/13/05, Tim Bedding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Let me touch on one issue. A quote from http://www.lp.org/issues/lp-golden-key.shtml   The government should not use electronic or other means of   covert surveillance of an individual's actions or private   property without the consent of the owner or occupant. ... Surely, the right to privacy here is something to be balanced against the ability of the security services to monitor the activities of terrorists. No.    It is a question of priorities. Is preventing another 9/11 higher on the list than the right to privacy? Allowing the government to ignore our privacy does not mean we will prevent another 9/11 attack.  If it were that simple there would not have been a 9/11 attack to begin with. In addition to getting the information they also have to be competant and do something with the information.  The more a government has the ability to ignore peoples privacy, the less apt they are to do the right thing with the information. Travis

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