Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!sugar!ficc!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Lifestyle Information ( was Re: Safeway Stores to Accept Charge Cards) Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 91 14:48:47 GMT References: Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 18 seurer+@rchland.ibm.com (Bill Seurer) writes: > There are lots of good reasons to oppose the collection of lifestyle > data, but PLEASE don't use examples of people getting caught breaking > the law (even if you COMPLETELY oppose the law they break) as an example > of why something shouldn't be done. Why not? The whole reason this country exists (as opposed to being a collection of ex-spanish, ex-french, and ex-british colonies) is because the government cannot be trusted to only pass just and reasonable laws. Homosexuality is against the law in some states: should a bookstore sell lists of people who bought "suspect" books to the local law enforcement agencies? On the other hand, another category of problems people bring up completely miss me: why is directed mass-marketing such a bugaboo? -- (peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com) `-_-' 'U`