I found a story this morning that just screams “hypocrisy”. The Deputy Press Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security was arrested and charged with 7 counts of using a computer to seduce a child and 16 counts of transmitting harmful to a minor. That’s 23 felony counts for the man who works for the DHS.
Authorities say that Brian J Doyle engaged in sexually explicit conversations and sent pornographic movies to what he believed to be a 14-year-old girl but was in reality a police detective from Polk County Florida. In a statement from the sheriff’s office it was said: “Many of the conversations he initiated with the ‘victim’ are too extraordinary and graphic for public release”. In his very first conversation he identified himself by name and told her of his job at the DHS. He also gave her his home, office and cell phone numbers. He offered to exchange nude photos with the girl. He was arrested after the ‘victim’ arranged to meet him on-line having claimed to get a web-cam and her mother being out for the night.
Those are the facts of the case. But who he is adds the extra kick to the story. If this was Mike Smith from Hoboken who works at the local hardware store, it would never have made CNN. This man works for BIG BROTHER. The guys who are pushing their moral imperative in an atmosphere of terror can’t even weed out a sex offender in their own office?
In no way am I trying to down play the tragedy of 9/11 or the importance of increased vigilance. But this administration has taken the mandate for security and followed an Orwellian blueprint. They’ve stood on what they felt was a moral high-ground based on their own definition of morality and attempted to dictate how we should live out lives. But what do they say about people in glass houses…
My big fear though is that the administration will latch onto this as a cause and not a wake up call. They will ignore the fact that this was someone in their government and instead use it to call for severe restrictions on the internet. It seems to be this administrations belief that people shouldn’t take responsibility for their own actions but instead the government should mandate rules to prevent even consenting adults from using any service that might be misused. Yet I don’t see them trying to take away handguns.
Authorities say that Brian J Doyle engaged in sexually explicit conversations and sent pornographic movies to what he believed to be a 14-year-old girl but was in reality a police detective from Polk County Florida. In a statement from the sheriff’s office it was said: “Many of the conversations he initiated with the ‘victim’ are too extraordinary and graphic for public release”. In his very first conversation he identified himself by name and told her of his job at the DHS. He also gave her his home, office and cell phone numbers. He offered to exchange nude photos with the girl. He was arrested after the ‘victim’ arranged to meet him on-line having claimed to get a web-cam and her mother being out for the night.
Those are the facts of the case. But who he is adds the extra kick to the story. If this was Mike Smith from Hoboken who works at the local hardware store, it would never have made CNN. This man works for BIG BROTHER. The guys who are pushing their moral imperative in an atmosphere of terror can’t even weed out a sex offender in their own office?
In no way am I trying to down play the tragedy of 9/11 or the importance of increased vigilance. But this administration has taken the mandate for security and followed an Orwellian blueprint. They’ve stood on what they felt was a moral high-ground based on their own definition of morality and attempted to dictate how we should live out lives. But what do they say about people in glass houses…
My big fear though is that the administration will latch onto this as a cause and not a wake up call. They will ignore the fact that this was someone in their government and instead use it to call for severe restrictions on the internet. It seems to be this administrations belief that people shouldn’t take responsibility for their own actions but instead the government should mandate rules to prevent even consenting adults from using any service that might be misused. Yet I don’t see them trying to take away handguns.
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Quote: "But this administration has taken the mandate for security and followed an Orwellian blueprint." You are absolutely right about this. This is EXACTLY what is going on right now (on a global world wide scale, might I add). And this will be executed even further for the very near future.
But,... Quote: "Yet I don’t see them trying to take away handguns." ...now lets hope they will NEVER be able to take away the guns from civilians, because that is the only thing that will allow civilians to defend themselves against "the police state".
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