Shoulder? So Who Is Reading Essay

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Is the author clear in her objective? I would say she is absolutely certain of what she is talking about. Her intended audience is the average American who has recently been bombarded with threats of intrusion. The average American however is not living in constant fear, as government wants us to believe. Citizens are intelligent and aware enough to understand the limits of fear, the scope of government's authority and the impact of unnecessary intrusion.

What makes the essay better than other similar opinion pieces is author's dispassionate stance on the issue. She has the same concerns as everyone else but has presented them very objectively as to make the argument based more on logic than passion alone. The government has lately become very intrusive and not everyone welcomes this unwanted monitoring. In fact, most people resent it deeply because not only does it violate their constitutional rights, it also leads to wrongful indictments. "The FBI is policing our minds by purporting to read them."

The author makes it clear that she understand the security concerns. This is a very interesting point, which shows that an average American is just as intelligent as any FBI agent. We all know that terrorism is a serious threat and we may actually become a target of well-planned acts of terrorism. But as big a possibility as this may be, we do not want to live our lives surrounded by fear. It is not possible or even easy to live in a state of constant fear where you are perpetually threatened.

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it's like telling you that since someday the world will come to an end, you better stop living now. The government has seriously crossed its legal limits where security is concerned and its high time the message gets across. The last line of the essay serves as a warning: "We Americans who cherish our freedoms should seriously consider whether or not this is a compromise we are willing to make." But this warning is done carefully by first invoking the desire and dream of freedom. The author presumes that every American cherishes freedom and thus must be on her side. It is a good way of gathering support of one's stance. But to equate the activities with lack of freedom alone may never actually sound as powerful an argument as fear of wrongful indictments does. Do we really want people to go behind bars simply because they were reading something suspicious? Do we really to see ourselves interrogated for the simple reason that we looked for certain kind of information on the Internet? The answer is No. And that alone is enough to help us understand why we don't welcome intrusion of this kind......

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