Privacy a Presidential Campaign Issue?

Unless there is a Chernobyl-type privacy breach, probably not in 2008.

But, most definitely in 2012 -- preceded by plenty of heat in the post-election Congress.

This NYT editorial on Internet privacy that keys off of the recent Google noise (Street View, Privacy International, EU appeasement and DoubleClick) is a good indicator of the issue bubbling out from under the surface and into the mainstream conversation...

Privacy is too important to leave up to the companies that benefit financially from collecting and retaining data. The F.T.C. should ask tough questions as it considers the DoubleClick acquisition, and Congress and the European Union need to establish clear rules on the collection and storage of personal information by all Internet companies.

It should be noted that, almost exactly a year ago, many industry players, including Google, eBay, Sun, HP, etc. collectively called for uniform federal rules to protect consumer privacy on the Internet.

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[Roberto]

Hi Albert! Thank you for your comment and qetnuioss. It looks to me that you did a good deal of searching for answers and I know it took a lot of courage to face yourself and your past. Not having a good relationship with the father is in many cases the root of the problem, from which the perverted behaviour comes sooner or later. As kids, we had our unique way of viewing the world around us and we came to many conclusions why the dad behaved in the certain way. And almost without fail, kids come to many incorrect conclusions that tell them that it must be them that are wrong or bad, otherwise the father would not behave like that. Typical trap. (Almost certainly your low-self esteem came from this misconception). Kids then go around with illusionary guilt that becomes a part of their being and from that illusion all the trouble comes. Very often, in an effort to make things better, children have a need to please people around them. Since it seems that they cannot please their fathers, they seek out to please other men. In some cases this behaviour goes in the perverted direction and all there is needed is a spark, a brief moment when they feel nice and special with another man (or girl with a woman), and the homosexual process is then set in motion. Combined with new and strong sexual feeling that children start to experience in the early teen age, this drive to please in a sexual way easily becomes a dominant, focal point in their young lives.Homosexuality is not the cross that you have to bear. Jesus came so that we could be free and happy, living fulfilled lives. He went to the cross for that and He does not want you to suffer another second. He suffered so that you don't have to. His message to pick up your cross does not mean that you need to stay under the power of sin, weak and powerless. You need to decide to start believing His message in order to have it realized in your life. Yes, I agree that if God wanted you to be with men, He would have created you as a woman. But He created you as a man and He knows what He's doing. Always! As for me, the lust in my heart and eyes is gone. I am not attracted to men. There is a definite explanation for that: When I was attracted to men, it was because I craved for love and attention from them. And because of being young and not understanding things better, I mixed up love, lust, craving and sexual desire. I put all of these into one thing, one feeling. So, in essence, I never wanted their body, but love. However, I thought that love was found with the body and that the sexual feeling was the most important thing. Now when I learned better and when I received the awesome Love of Jesus Christ, I learned that the thing I yearned for for so many years (another man's body and attention) was garbage, not love at all. Then, with some effort on my part, it was relatively easy to remove any and all homosexuality from my life. This could have happened and it happened only when I got to know more the Love that Christ gives. Compared to that Love, everything else that is not love simply falls away, like an old shirt that becomes obsolete.I hope this helps.Sinisa

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Hi Kristen! Thanks for this question. First, one thing is abselutoly certain: You do not have to bow down to something that you know is wrong. Pretending and lying does not help anyone and you have all the right to express how you feel. After all, your friend did it too. She chose for herself. Not telling her about your belief and opinion is like agreeing with what she does and lives. Now, when it comes to the Bible, it teaches us to show the godly living- to live as we live and those who are outside can learn based on that. If they accept it, good for everyone, if not, well, it is their choice. Another thing needs to be clear: the only way to help your friend is to love her unconditionally- with no conditions and no strings attached. This does NOT mean to agree with evil. I believe that by your words and by your attitude and actions toward her you can make it clear for her who you are and what you think and be the friend that she needs. She needs a true friend and I believe you can be that. If she cannot see the difference that you can love her but not approve of all her choices, that is her choice. She must choose. But in order for her to be able to choose, you really need to be honest and yourself. If she stays, great, you have each other as friends. If she leaves, you still have you and she chose for herself.I know it's not easy to see clearly what's going on. The person who was in love with you maybe still is and it may be difficult to see the difference between friendship and manipulation and games. But you probably know some things already.One thing I know for sure: if she wants to have friendship with you, she will stay, especially once the truth is out. If it was anything else than friendship, she may leave. In either case, you would stay true to yourself and at the end of the day that's what counts.I hope this helps.

[Anwarudin]

I would be annoyed but they didn't do it with the iniottnen of sexually exploiting your children? If not then it was probably innocent and there are disgusting people out there but if they get off on looking at family pictures of peoples kids then it really is there problem, don't make it yours. Your family member probably just wanted to show every1 how cute they are. I'm sure some vile pervert getting aroused over your kids wasn't the 1st thing on their mind.References :

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