Klarinet Archive - Posting 001095.txt from 2002/06

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Music vs. drug testing
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 22:24:37 -0400

At 05:24 PM 6/29/2002 -0700, William Wright wrote:
Bill Hausmann wrote;
><><> It seems to be of the greatest interest to those with something to
>hide.
>
>
>
>It's an indication of how central privacy is to anyone's feeling of well
>being and self esteem that I cannot let this remark pass --- even though
>it has moved completely off topic.
>
>Many items are appropriate in one context but not another. Example: I
>might talk about love-making techniques with my wife, but not with my
>mother or secretary. Each person's choice of where a certain item is
>appropriate is a defining element of his or her personality. All of us
>feel that we have the right to control and define our own personality.
>(where 'personality' is separate from 'action')
>
>So privacy includes more than keeping secrets from a law enforcement
>agency or the public at large. It includes the power to define
>yourself.

You sound as if you think I am endorsing thought police. Hardly. No one
expects you to discuss lovemaking techniques with the police, unless of
course, you raped someone. And if your "personality" includes bank robbery
as an occupation it might be of interest to them. Those who knowingly
perform illegal acts and get caught at them should not whine about "privacy."

Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.net
451 Old Orchard Drive
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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