Read the article "Spying on the American Public" at http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/05/27/Under-the-US-Supreme-Court-Spying-on-the-American-public/UPI-24941338103800/.
We are discussing privacy in class. Do you feel that our right to privacy is in jeopardy or do you feel like it is well protected? Use the article in your answer to the question.
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8 comments:
Do you feel that our right to privacy is in jeopardy or do you feel like it is well protected?
I don't feel like our right to privacy is in jeopardy. The government doesn't put cameras on those that aren't under suspicion. After Bush's Administration there has been more guidelines put onto who can and cannot be monitored. I think the line of privacy is very hazy so I don't think our privacy is well protected but it isn't in jeopardy yet.
Considering the fact that american citizens are monitored without consent or knowledge, yes I believe that our piracy as a society is at danger. While the argument stands that those who experience surveillance have nothing to fear if their doing nothing wrong, the government abusing its power is a highly likely possibility.
Do you feel that our right to privacy is in jeopardy or do you feel like it is well protected? I think that they are taking way are right of privacy. If we let this go by they will take more rights from us.
Do you feel that our right to privacy is in jeopardy or do you feel like it is well protected?
I don't feel like our right to privacy is in jeopardy. It may seem like what the government is doing is a little "sketchy," however, I feel like their intent is to protect the citizens of the United States. I don't really think that anyone would abuse the power, it seems to me that these powers are only being used where they need to be. It would be more scary to me if they didn't have the capabilities to monitor our actions, that would seem threatening to me. If that were the case I would be concerned about our safety as a country.
Do you feel that our right to privacy is in jeopardy or do you feel like it is well protected?
I think it is kind of neither. It isn't in jeopardy but it isn't extremely protected either. There can be extreme searches and when people are in public, they can pretty much be seen anywhere. Our privacy is slowly being more and more overlooked and that mainly started when 9/11 happened. They got stricter and were more thorough with searches. Since then, to mainly keep us safe, they have done some things that have violated our privacy. It may get worse but for now it is being mostly done for a good cause and is not going too far, therefore is not in jeopardy but is not very protected either.
We are discussing privacy in class. Do you feel that our right to privacy is in jeopardy or do you feel like it is well protected? Use the article in your answer to the question.
I feel like our right to privacy is in jeopardy because the government can look at our emails and listen to our phone calls without having a warrant if it's out of the country that we are contacting with. But then again I bet they have caught many people that were planning terrorist acts so that's a good thing. I guess that it's really neither because some times they go to far in their searches but other times it catches people so it's good.
Do you feel that our right to privacy is in jeopardy or do you feel like it is well protected?
I think that both occur. While our right to privacy is being somewhat violated, the protection that could come from using this idea properly could be a good thing. The article stated that one end of the communication had to be outside the US, so that helps protect our right to privacy somewhat, in that a phone call across state lines, or within the state, cannot be listened to. I also think though that the law itself does not violate our right to privacy, but the manner in which the government uses it can. If the government actually listens into random calls made out of the country, or just listens to people that are potentially against the government (profiling people to listen to them) then the rights are severely violated. Although, if the government only listens in to communications of people in which they have lots of evidence behind in being terroristic, then the majority of peoples rights are being protected. So the law itself may be okay, but how the government enacts it is what causes it to protect or violate the right to privacy.
This response is gonna be really biased because im going to have to be patriotic on this subject. I feel that if the government is going to monitor someone, its going to be for a specific reason. The rights of the average person are protected by the government. The truth of it all is that if u have nothing to hide then your rights are protected. But if the government has reason to be monitoring you then it is to protect the rights of everyone else and keep the peace in the United States. Obviously the government doesn't just pick random people to inspect there is always a cause for every reaction.
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