[Air-l] Distrust the government

Sci Fi writer Frank Herbert described democracy as a system in which the people distrust the government. I think the surveillance of chatrooms is not so much a hunt for terrorists as a hunt for people expressing the "wrong" opinions. In a democracy they would expect to be able to do that without government snoopers taking an interest......perhaps they would be wrong. The attack on Indymedia in the UK is a clear indication of a clampdown on freedom of speech on a number of fronts. Which is a shame. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.289 / Virus Database: 265.4.6 - Release Date: 05/12/2004