Silviron
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I was just listening to some "right-wing-hate-radio" (The Michael Reagan show with some guest host named Ancarlo or something).
Anyway they were talking about a system under consideration by the U.S. Postal Service which will require presenting your ID to buy a stamp, which will then be coded with your ID, so every piece of mail will be able be tracked back to who sent it, in case there is some anthrax contained or a threat to elected officials written in it.....
HERE IS A WaPo newspaper article on the subject, although it isn't as specific as some of the stuff they said on the radio.
The guys on the radio were mostly upset about it being a huge invasion of privacy and all that kind of stuff, and I see their point.... But what I am concerned about is the cost and inconvenience... (Since I deliver all of my death threats and toxic materials in person, it won't effect me in that way) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twakfl.gif
The newspaper article says it will actually save money, but that is a total crock... It will cost many extra billion$$ per year in an already fiscally mismanaged pseudo-public institution.
Just wondering what y'all think about the idea.
Personally I think it is darn silly, an expensive, huge "big brother" system that will not do a thing to make one single "normal" citizen one tiny bit safer from a real terrorist.
Let's try to keep this discussion practical rather than partisanly political though please: The actual source of the idea apparently came from the "left side of the aisle", and some on the right side are apparently supporting it, so if it happoens, both sides will be to blame.
Anyway they were talking about a system under consideration by the U.S. Postal Service which will require presenting your ID to buy a stamp, which will then be coded with your ID, so every piece of mail will be able be tracked back to who sent it, in case there is some anthrax contained or a threat to elected officials written in it.....
HERE IS A WaPo newspaper article on the subject, although it isn't as specific as some of the stuff they said on the radio.
The guys on the radio were mostly upset about it being a huge invasion of privacy and all that kind of stuff, and I see their point.... But what I am concerned about is the cost and inconvenience... (Since I deliver all of my death threats and toxic materials in person, it won't effect me in that way) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/twakfl.gif
The newspaper article says it will actually save money, but that is a total crock... It will cost many extra billion$$ per year in an already fiscally mismanaged pseudo-public institution.
Just wondering what y'all think about the idea.
Personally I think it is darn silly, an expensive, huge "big brother" system that will not do a thing to make one single "normal" citizen one tiny bit safer from a real terrorist.
Let's try to keep this discussion practical rather than partisanly political though please: The actual source of the idea apparently came from the "left side of the aisle", and some on the right side are apparently supporting it, so if it happoens, both sides will be to blame.
