"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Bob Schmall wrote:


"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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Todd Fatheree wrote:

"Bob Schmall" wrote in message news:0keLd.137937
Glenna:
Nice.

For me it boils down to: it may be legal, but it ain't right.

Bob

And again, you can thank the trial lawyers for making it necessary.

And the bottom line is, how bad does he want the job?


todd

That's easy--not that much. It's a 6-night evening course teaching
astronomy. Not the core of my personal or financial existence.

Then why are you so irate about it?

I'm not irate. I've had to make a value judgment about whether to surrender
some of my privacy in exchange for a temporary part-time job. I've decided
that it is not worth it. That's the personal level. Deeper than that, I've
been thinking about how much authority a citizen should cede to his
government. You know, the old Social Contract thing. Tom Veatch referred to
Ben Franklin's statment about giving up liberty for security and having
neither, and it fits the occasion perfectly.

Bob