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Lee Daniel Crocker wrote: |>Sean Barrett wrote: |> |>>The distinction is a simple one, and only those who are actively |>>working to eliminate privacy find it difficult to understand. | | | Anyone who calls privacy a "simple" issue doesn't know what he's | talking about. It is a common political cheap-shot tactic to accuse | those who do see the complexities of an issue of simply being the | enemy so no further thought is required, but if we are to deal with | the issues rationally, we must work to encourage discussion, not | foreclose it.
Please note that I never said -- nor do I believe -- that *privacy* is a simple issue. I said -- and believe -- that the difference between Richard Nixon's situation (the example originally given) and a private citizen's situation is simple. It is a common political cheap-shot tactic to accuse those who see the fallacy of a simplistic analogy of simply being the enemy so no further thought is required.
- -- ~ Sean Barrett | Doesn't the fact that there are *exactly* ~ sean@epoptic.com | fifty states seem a little suspicious?