Friday, February 22, 2008
Jessica K -"The government has a right to know what people are reading so they may determine who might be a threat."
I strongly disagree with this statement. This would work in some cases, but not all of them. Everyone has different interests, including in what they read. Right now we're all reading 1984. Does that mean I'm interested in being like Winston, and plotting ways of going against the government? Or maybe someone's reading a book about weapons. Are they planning to somehow obtain them so they can destroy our country? Everyone has the right to read whatever they like as long as they aren't breaking the law. One's interests in books doesn't really have anything to do with if they're a threat to our country or not. It's also one's choice to not have others knowing what they read if they choose to.
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I also disagree with this statement. We have a right to read whatever we want without letting people know. It is our privacy. As Jessica pointed out, if I was reading something about Hitler, it doesn't mean I'll try to kill off a group of people.
The comment up there was from Melissa Wong. :]
i agree with with Melissa and Jessica. the government doesn't have the right to invade our privacy of what we are reading. that is our personal business. if the four tortes of privacy applies to journalists then i believe that it should apply as a good ethic to everyone. including the govenment
-Rachel Lee
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