Lowell > The description from Tim doesnt seem to indicate that there were > any laws broken or privacy (or other) rights of the Vorlons that > were violated.
The first ones were called in and they destroyed the Vorlon planetkiller ship, thereby killing all the Vorlons on board. The key point is that Sheridan was not bound by any doctrine of non-intervention. Also, the fact that Coriana 6 was in danger (with a population of billions) was determined by tracking the Vorlon fleet. This could be an analogy to intelligence gathering. Travis > That is what you claim. Yet the real world shows us that the > more rights governments respect the safer its people are. > Do you have any evidence to suggest otherwise? The British government claims that the use of intelligence is important in helping fight drug trafficking. Leaving aside the fact that the US LP opposes the drug war, I would consider this evidence that intelligence can be used to combat terrorism. It certainly makes it plausible and worthy of analysis. The LP could challenge this view of the British Government but this might be seen as moving away from the mainstream without evidence to suggest that the contrary position should prevail. > If the vast majority of people realize that their letting the > government in on their personal lives makes them safer then > there is no need to grant the government the right to invade > your privacy. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that people will voluntarily work with the police. However, terrorists are exactly the kind of people who will refuse to go along with the police and for very good reasons in their eyes. If not, maybe you could comment further. Regards Tim Babylon 5 - Meditations on the Abyss: Lennier: Several thousand years ago we had no starships. Should we stay home and pretend they do not exist? _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list Libnw@immosys.com List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
