Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hiya Walt, great to hear from you. I don't remember posting anything about the need to sacrifice for security. Just some self evident foolishness paraphrased from an overly officious public servant. In the area of civil liberties and individual rights, Australia is much closer to the English model politically than that of the USA. The nanny state is very much alive and thriving down under. But hey nice weather for it. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Walt Johnson Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:23 To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] good old censorship Philip I'd reconsider immigrating if I were you. Trying to escape police state tactics by moving to Spain could be a mistake. I've not been there in 30 years but do remember cold hard stares from Guardia Civil. When the police prowl the streets with Uzis I'd be careful of demanding my "rights". :-) Still yet, I agree with you about our current state of affairs. The real issue though? Where the hell does one go? Perhaps the Scandinavian countries are more tolerant of individual rights? Perhaps we'd die of boredom as well. France is not a bastion of individual rights and England seems to have followed our Patriot Act lead. China?beheaded...Russia?disappeared...Japan? Too polite...Africa? Lions,tigers and bears (plus too many damn snakes)...Italy? Too fattening... Germany? Too cooperative... The darn list is endless. I would have suggested Australia until reading Hoppy's post. His rationale concerning the need to sacrifice for security scared me. Hoppy, have you been secretly writing press releases for the Bush administration? :-) Peace Walt _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information