Monday, May 07, 2007

Stay the Hell Out of My Business

To assume that I have something to hide simply from the fact that I'm refusing to show you something is an invalid logical inference. Such an assumption represents the most pernicious form of abuse that a position of authority can take. It renders hollow and indeed farcical any supposed limitations or safeguards on the state's ability to invade an individual's legitimate expectations of privacy and destroys the last vestiges of autonomy in our society.