Delaying the election and other absurdities

I think that is a distiction, that has become "missing" in this thread. The point that started all this, was the looking at the activities on a "public library" computer. This is a far cry from someone's personal computer, in their own home. Sure, snooping for things on someone's home computer would be excessive....but a computer in a public library?

that's right. people are quick to hide behind the constitution and slow to realise they have DUTIES under it also. i consider it a sacred duty to protect my civil rights and privacy. the issue is not that i have anything to hide, but that much of my life is none of anyone's goddam business. i get my victoria sekrit catalogue in a brown envelope because it's my goddam right!

do people hide stuff on library computers? it is so easy to find "hidden files or directories". you might mis-name files, but any hex editor will expose that.

I'm not sure about "hiding things"; but I took it that the issue also dealt with simply monitoring browsing tendencies. Since this is easy to track, and since public library computers are "checked out" for certain blocks of time; it would be easy to figure out if someone had visited Al Qaeda sites, and "how to make home-made (insert your favorite explosive device here)" sites, in the same session. Is this an infingement on privacy? If it happens on a publicly-financed computer, I am inclined to say "no"....

Yes...that applies also to your own computer, in your own home. But does it apply to a computer, in a public facility, that you are simply "borrowing"?

I see you deleted the last part, about building a bomb, when you appended my earlier post in your comments. Creative editing to creaty your own "truth", huh. You must be a Clinton Democrat.

I know the Bill of Rights. and what you posted on it is correct. However , unreasonable and probable cause are the key words there, arent they. And neither you nor I are the one who gets to decide either issue so stop being so damn paranoid. My home page:

" In walks the village idiot and his face is all aglow; he's been up all night listening to Mohammad's radio" W. Zevon

Bush won 271 electoral votes. Get over it already.

So, what's your complaint?

Then why not wait before complaining about something that hasn't even happened? I seriously doubt that the Feds have enough manpower to snoop randomly in library records anyway, much less the inclination.

Hi, Kurt. You quoted me accurately and I stand by what I said.

But, it's kind of a cheap shot against Boris, don't you think? Especially considering that what you quoted has nothing in the least to do with this thread?

-- James

"James Bach" wrote

Yeah, but as I replied to Boris privately when he made a similar observation:

"Welcome to USENET. You started the whole mess by initiating a political thread on rec.models.scale. If you sow the wind, prepare to reap the whirlwind.

"Stick to posting about scale models and you'll have no problems from me."

BTW, Boris has "issues" with your statement. Maybe you two want to work them out somewhere.

Somewhere else.

KL