Jim P. (9/7/2013)

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avo (9/7/2013)

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We didn't just lose our privacy when Snowden leaked information about NSA activities. We lost it way before that. Ubiquitous security cameras already track us within an ever-increasing surveillance area.

The tracking of us in the public square is questionable but allowable to an extent. But there is a reason that the fourth and fifth amendments were written.

The text of the Fourth:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The text of the Fifth:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

The British would come into an area and search everybody and everything looking for those who disagreed the with the Crown. Blindly trusting the government to have your interests at heart is worse than foolish. The government is made of humans with all the same fallibility and failures you have. Do you really trust them to have your interests at the center of their heart?