What are some good arguments for privacy?

Not everyone wants to see your….parts. Especially if you be fat or old. Privacy solves this.

And then privacy Myspace stalkers from accessing the fourteen year olds…

How will the government be able to ferret out terrorists if the privacy laws remain in effect.

Down with privacy. Up with Homeland Security and the Patriot Act.

Privacy helps humans maintain their individuality and it allows you to be by yourself without other’s judgement or ridicule.
It’s also important for growth and reflection.

I’m not sure what limits to privacy means, but I hope my answer is helpful in some way.

It helps improve the quality of your food. (Prison fare is said to be pretty bland…)

If you aren’t going to respect the boundaries I nicely asked for, we won’t be able to have any relationship at all.”

I think that is pretty clear. It presents them the chance to think of someone besides themselves.

The previous administration under George Bush shredded habeas corpus while maintaining that an environment of war was the reasoning behind this. It is vital in a free society that people be granted protection from the whims of authority. At the basis of this Bruce Schneier has noted, is the “faulty premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong.” It can’t be implied that if someone is opposed to an invasion of privacy that they by conclusion have something to hide. The government’s first purpose is to serve us not we it.

We nearly impeached Nixon for invasive and underhanded dealings which served the sole purpose of supplying him with political information that would aid his political aims. With the heavy restrictions under GW Bush the people were denied basic Freedoms of Information that took decades to enact because of “national security”. The specter of war is often used as smokescreen very effectively. Under Nixon many groups were targeted and unduly discriminated against such as leftists who were anti Vietnam War, Civil Rights groups and basically anyone he deemed anti establishment. The right to free speech, assembly, due process, trial by ones peers and a search warrant are not only a right but a hard earned legal right because of the abuse of authority and because people’s lives have been destroyed and some have even been killed or executed as a result.

Interesting piece of information from Bruce Schneier. As a result of the installation of Air Marshals which is probably still a good idea we have had an average of 1 arrest per 1000 employees. In fact more Air Marshals themselves have been arrested on felonies than people being arrested by Air Marshalls! This works out to about 200 million dollars of taxpayer money per arrest! ‹(•¿•)›

That’s seems like a pretty high price to pay especially when we are more threatened by lightning then terrorists. Now if our privacy is being invaded by these practices such as being monitored and scrutinized by our words and e-mails, is it not equally if not more important that we are aware of what our leaders are up to. The transparency should always start at the top. Otherwise we are just bending over and submitting to a cavity search…again and again and again..

Now don’t plagiarize any of this or I will hunt you down like an infidel.

”In fact more Air Marshals themselves have been arrested on felonies than people being arrested by Air Marshalls! ”

Thanks @SeventhSense… I am still laughing!

Now about that cavity search!!! lol

Please give more details, as in where, for example at airports? in schools?, and what is it the authorities want to do?

It’s no one else’s business what I do, so long as I’m not hurting anyone else. If you let the government intrude, there is a chilling effect on speech and trade. We are all worse off. The economy will be hindered. People will be afraid to do many things lest the government watch. We will create an aristocracy that gets to say what others do and that strikes fear into the citizens hearts. We turn into the Soviet Union.