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I have always been an admirer of the ACLU though there have been cases
where I think they leapt before they looked. While there have been some
actions on their part in Cobb County, GA that seemed reasonable, one
recent act on behalf of a few folks upset that the county commission
opens with a prayer seems over the top to me. This really hit home when
it was reported that the commission invites clergy and other
representatives from a wide variety of faiths to participate. I’m not
religous myself, and harbor no ill will toward those who are so long as
they do not seek to impose their practices and beliefs on anyone
unwilling to voluntarily accept them.
In this case involving the NSA spying on Americans, it looks like a
clear case of violating the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution. Seems
basic enough to me. Sadly, the vagueness so often found in law and/or
its interpretation by enforcement and the judiciary illuminates in this
case the need for strong, effective privacy law to protect citizens from
unwarranted intrusion by government, and from both unscrupulous
marketers & criminals who use personal information to gain access to
their victims. I hope the ACLU gets its day in court and prevails
without any ambiguity in the ruling.
January 18th, 2006
I have always been an admirer of the ACLU though there have been cases
where I think they leapt before they looked. While there have been some
actions on their part in Cobb County, GA that seemed reasonable, one
recent act on behalf of a few folks upset that the county commission
opens with a prayer seems over the top to me. This really hit home when
it was reported that the commission invites clergy and other
representatives from a wide variety of faiths to participate. I’m not
religous myself, and harbor no ill will toward those who are so long as
they do not seek to impose their practices and beliefs on anyone
unwilling to voluntarily accept them.
In this case involving the NSA spying on Americans, it looks like a
clear case of violating the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution. Seems
basic enough to me. Sadly, the vagueness so often found in law and/or
its interpretation by enforcement and the judiciary illuminates in this
case the need for strong, effective privacy law to protect citizens from
unwarranted intrusion by government, and from both unscrupulous
marketers & criminals who use personal information to gain access to
their victims. I hope the ACLU gets its day in court and prevails
without any ambiguity in the ruling.