These day you hear a lot about the erosion of freedom in our country. There are the secret tribunals, the wiretappings, the watch lists, and the free speech zones. But, like so many others, I dismissed these things as concerning only to pinkos, darkies, and homos with something to hide. I was wrong.

This time, they've gone to far.

The bill would make it a crime to videotape or photograph the naked or underwear-covered private parts of a person without consent when the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.... Under the legislation passed by voice vote, video voyeurism on federal lands would be punishable by a fine of not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for up to one year, or both.

I ask you this: Who among you wants to live in a country where a man is not allowed to covertly slide a lipstick camera beneath a barely legal girl's summer dress as she, unaware, canters like a gloriously young and perfectly muscled mare through one of our nation's beautiful national parks? Not me, I tell you. Not me.

First they came for the A-Rabs, and I did nothing. Then they came for the Frootie-Toots, and I cheered them on. Then they came and fined me $100,000 and imprisoned me for one year for nothing more than broadcasting a stranger's cotton-swathed goodies to the internet connected world.

Analogcabin @ 11:56 AM
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