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tuwood

2012-09-21 5:35 PM

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Subject: RE: Go figure, the Black Helicopter guys were right

otisbrown - 2012-09-21 11:22 AM

tuwood - 2012-06-11 10:00 PM

flashpoint145 - 2012-06-10 1:10 PM

halfmarathondon - 2012-06-07 11:29 AM

I lost count of the "if's" and "when's" in the story.

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I am far more worried about the info Google, Visa, and the like collect on me. Than I am the Government.

Amen. I felt this opinion piece really presented no facts in regards to what pictures are used for. My "" alarm kept going off and off.

The style of writing seems to stir up the pot for conspiracy theorists and only those with an interest in conspiracy-type articles. That's what I felt after reading this to the end.

I honestly have no care of people taking pictures of my house. I'd be flattered, honestly. What will it be used for? I am a single, middle class white male with no extremist views on anything ( except cycling :p ). What is "the government" going to use it for? Plus, there's this thing on the top of my house called a roof. Nobody can see in or out of it.

My biggest problem is that if "the government," depending on which part of the government your daily concern is with, can drive by, in, around, or near your property, albeit public land, and can observe whatever they feel with their own eyes, what's the difference with pictures? Someone is still viewing your prized property

I agree there's a lot of slippery slope type stuff in the article, but I'd say my biggest hang up is the fact that the military is doing this. In our society law enforcement can sit on the road and look at my property, but the US Air Force can not, at least not in an official capacity.

I know this is a hypothetical, but what happens if they decide to use armed drones on US soil? I know this is a "what if" question, but a police officer can watch my property and he is armed, so if he see's something happening on my property he can intervene with deadly force if necessary. So what's the difference between that and a USAF drone doing the same thing?

So are you OK with local law enforcement flying drones for the same purpose?

To me this is another step towards making our country a policed state.

Nope, I'm not ok with it at all. I think I was just trying to make an argument about the "military" drones being used for civilian purposes. I don't support anybody spying on me.