[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Well, I want Law enforcement to be able to do it's job, to get bad guys off the street without having to cut through miles of bureaucratic red tape in order to do so. However, being able to do "stuff" without a warrant is basicly allowing the government to say:

"We will do what we want, citizen."

And if that's true, in that context, we may as well have no rights at all. At which point, any comparisons to "1984" ceases to become an embellished metaphor, but cold hard reality.

it is hard and cold,and as you say yourself, reality.