In an effort to stem the near-panic fear level of the 9.11 incident, our government is placing restrictions on the privacy of the American citizen. They have chosen the Orwellian expression of encouraging neighbor to turn in neighbor. What better way to increase the fear level in our country? Can you trust the mailman, the plumber, the heating repairman, or even the cable guy? What if they see something in your house that they feel is out of line? The key here being “that they feel.” Who makes the call and on what basis?
Depending on a person’s perspective anything can become suspect…Does a group of alien poster frighten you? (they belong to my nephew) How about a collection of voodoo dolls? (Souvenirs from a New Orleans trip) Would six cases of beer make you think I an alcoholic? (That’s for a party I am hosting) What about my paintings? Some of them deal with so-called “dangerous” subjects? (BOO!) My bookshelf may rattle you. I have wide and varied tastes in literature and in nonfiction instructional manuals. My house and its contents are my little private world. Just as yours is. I respect your right to have whatever you want.
Perhaps more importantly than “contents” is the question of the human soul. Privacy is an expression of our human dignity. Take it away and you have created jittery passionless robots good for just about nothing.
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