1 From: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
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2 To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
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3 Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 03:07:34 +0100
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4 Message-ID: <20140303030734.yjtZFg@busy.local>
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5 Reply-To: Boris Kraut <krt@nurfuerspam.de>
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6 Subject: [.plan] Zitat des Tages
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9 > Without secrecy, democratic self-government is impossible. Because people
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10 > may not discuss public affairs with those they choose, excluding those
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11 > with whom they do not wish to converse. [...] Anonymity is necessary for
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12 > the conduct of democratic politics. [...] That autonomy is vitiated by the
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13 > wholesale invasion of secrecy and privacy, that free decision making is
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14 > impossible in a society where every move is monitored [...] privacy is a
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15 > requirement of democratic self-government. The effort to fasten the
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16 > procedures of pervasive surveillance on human society is the antithesis
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20 [0] http://snowdenandthefuture.info/PartII.html
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