Why is everyone so afraid of a totalitarian, authoritarian police state, anyway?
Everything else ain’t worth shit without you’re safe and secure, right?.
I have an idea – let’s make a list of all possible things to be afraid of, and make anybody who makes you nervous a felon.
Just think how much easier and better life will be. No more forgetting your bank card – just wave your hand over the scanner. Never have to worry about losing your wallet again – you’ll be your wallet. Want to clear customs? Just walk through this electronic gate please, sir. Is my sentence over – can I leave this place now? One second – let’s scan you…. Yep, you can go now.
Security trumps all.
It’s a big, bad, nasty dangerous world out there. Full of fanatical killers who hate you because you’re free. You got to make sure you’re safe. That’s the most important thing, right? Everything else ain’t worth shit without you’re safe and secure, right?.
Right. No question.
I heard on the news today that they’re closer now. In my town. Shit. Now what? I’ve got it! I’ll put up a steel fence around the house. To be safe and secure.
Ahhh, that’s better.
The local radio station said this morning that there’s a good chance they’re now in the neighborhood. Fuck! Now what? I’ve got it! I’ll put up steel shutters on the windows. To be safe and secure.
Ahhh, that’s better.
The mailman came today. He said he’s seen some suspicious looking brown people on the street this morning. But not to worry. He called Homeland Security. They said since they don’t need warrants anymore that this is nothing to worry about. They’ll be right out to arrest anyone on the sidewalk today. But just to be on the safe side they said to shut, seal and lock the steel shutters. To be safe and secure.
Ahhh, that’s better.
Something woke me up at three in the fucking morning today. Some low banging and thumping on the wall from outside. I had a hard time getting up out of bed to check it out because the air is getting so bad I can hardly fucking breath in here now.
Cough, cough. Hack. Retch.
But I’m safe and secure. Gasp. Choke. Shit, there’s no food in the cupboard. And the fridge is empty. But I just remembered… I’m safe and secure.
Why isn’t this any better?
It’s getting really hard to breath in here now. But good thing I’m safe and secure. Fuck I’m hungry. Mostly for human contact…
I wish I had someone to talk to… I’d like to let someone know that I’m safe and secure. But I’m afraid to open the shutters now.
I wish there was some air in here.
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Tell my kids I loved them, will you? And please give them this note…
but really, since nothing can guarantee my safety or security, i’ll just take my freedom back.
All of the conservative types, which means everybody I work with, and most of my state are the ones who say that stupid shit like:”Well, I don’t care if the government listens to my phone calls… Conservative used to mean that one did not want the government hanging out in your bathtub, underwear, or your phone.
Conservatives don’t exist now. Essentially right wing, now means pro-authoritarian and apparently it also means sadomasochistic voyeur as well.
…just for kicks, that we’ve managed to confuse privacy and anonymity, as a country. They will have our biometrics and personal information, down to a nicety, in relatively short order. But as a country we have no consensus or trust about the use of that information, because our social model is based on predation and disposable people. So we complain about the information gathering — which is unavoidable — and abjure policy choices about that information — because half of us are bona fide fascist swine who will use it for “security” at, as you say, the cost of all else. Unless we can address the underlying social model, the discussion about privacy will remain a losing battle…
I am a CITIZEN and that surely will make us all safer!
WTF is that about???? Now we will have unlicensed drivers driving around because they don’t have a copy of their birth certificates????? Shit, mine is so old, I sent for a copy years ago and it was a “negative”, meaning it was black with white print and the corner was torn off and missing!!!!! And that was an “official” document that I paid $7.00 for!!! Plus, it was small compared to my sons’ certificates!
Besides, I think I lost it.
their brains if they had a logical thought!