Originally posted by: C3PX
Too true. But come on, we all like to pretend we are the hero of our own comedy or the victim of our own tragedy. We could all use the ego boost of the government showing a particular interest us, or even better than the local government, an international secret society, or intergalactic aliens, or best of all a combination of the three.
Just to avoid flaming, this post was not directed at you FF, just my thoughts on conspiracy theories in general and agreement with lordjedi's post about most people not being important enough to attract that kind of attention.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Most people are just not that important to the government that the government cares what they're thinking or doing. If you're not a high level VIP that's featured on the nightly news, chances are the government isn't out to get you.
Most people are just not that important to the government that the government cares what they're thinking or doing. If you're not a high level VIP that's featured on the nightly news, chances are the government isn't out to get you.
Too true. But come on, we all like to pretend we are the hero of our own comedy or the victim of our own tragedy. We could all use the ego boost of the government showing a particular interest us, or even better than the local government, an international secret society, or intergalactic aliens, or best of all a combination of the three.
Just to avoid flaming, this post was not directed at you FF, just my thoughts on conspiracy theories in general and agreement with lordjedi's post about most people not being important enough to attract that kind of attention.
It's funny. People get all afraid that the government is going to have so much information on them and they want their lives to be private. The reality is that all your information is out there everywhere, especially if you've got a "Club Card" or you belong to a Costco or Walmart. If you're using a credit card for purchases, your information is everywhere. Go ahead and buy something at Home Depot or the super market. Now go and return it. They won't even ask for your credit card because they don't need it. They scan that little barcode on the receipt and they know everything you bought that day. If you have your credit card, they can tell you everything you've ever bought from them. If the government really wanted to get all this info on people, they'd subpoena Home Depot and any other retailer and then just cross reference the information to find out where everyone shops, what they've bought, and how often they've bought it.
The only way to have full anonymity in today's society is to only use cash. So go ahead and try to just use cash (and no atm machine) and see how long before you decide that you're really not that important.
As for ADM's comments, that's pretty typical. He usually stoops that low after a few rounds back and forth.