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Originally Posted by carld
Oh, I'm sure you're right, and that was kind of my point. The Kindle isn't really a threat to our First Amendment rights because we're already at a point where those rights are seriously under pressure. Whether it's the books we read, the internet sites we visit or the people we associate with, there's likely someone somewhere making a note of it.
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I am so tired of this paranoid opinion, it is so prevelant on the net these days.
There are 300 Million Americans, the US Government is almost entirely transparent, in fact anything it tries to do in secret is outted fairly quickly. It is a system of checks and balances and no matter how overblown many try to make it, our First Amendment rights are NOT being trampled on.
"They" are not keeping secret records of your internet visits and "they" are not compiling lists and making citizens "dissapear" no matter what nutball delusion someone has, there are still laws that this governement abides by.
You are just not that important in the grand scheme of things and I think that is why so many of you subscribe to this type of paranoia.. to feel important in the sea of ants we have become.
No one gives a crapooie what you are downloading and reading and no one is making a check mark in your "file".
Get over yourselves .. please.
I came to this forum to read about the Kindle, to learn some new stuff and yet.. here like everywhere else we have the "anti" crowd making the day a little less bright for the rest of us...
Download whatever you want to your Kindle, stop worrying who looking over your shoulder and PLEASE stop posting bunk about how your First Amendment rights are being taken away...
afraid to speak in public... Ugg.