Conservatives keeping list of Jews

[kengs333]

I always wondered why some people in the west look at Jews as outsiders. I've always defended Israel as being an outpost of western civilization in a sea of barbarism. Apparently that's not on, eh Rue?

You've got some reading to do, then.

[Rue]

JD you have taken the tiniest sliver of an issue with this and have made way too much of it. You say it is against the privacy act, and the rest say no. Since there never was or is going to be any complaint to the privacy commission, then we will never know. But we get your point after you saying for 21 pages of mindless tripe. You think it against the privacy act. Well get this person to make a complaint or you make one on her behalf, or just admit you will never agree and let this whole absolutely stupid, assine debate, come to an end. Befor anyone else responds I think we should all just walk away and show JD just how wrong this whole thing is.

I respect his opinion very much. May not agree with it but I see what he is trying to say. I am not sure though if someone is actually keeping the list if you want to call it a list based on anything other then guessing what sounds like a Jewish name. I would find it hard to believe the PC or any political party is hacking into or buying religious profile information from the Canadian Jewish Congress or say Catholic Archdiosese of Toronto (sorry if I spelled that wrong).

I would be concerned if a charity or non profit organizatoon ro cultural organization gave my name to a political party without my consent-but that would be a problem between me and that organization. In regards to the political party writing me, I would simply see it as an attempt to try solicit my vote or pander to me, which does nto frighten me at all or concern me because I can simply throw the thing away.

I think in my personal opinion, there's a huge difference keeping information on people to harm them. If someone could show any of us sending a greeting card sets a precedent for facism I would like to know. I don't think any of us want a police state but for the life of me keeping lists of ethnic sounding names if that is what is in fact being done, is what we do in democracies is it not?

Is it not an elected poltiician's job to be accountable to the people they serve? How can they be accountable if they dont' know who they are and some times try personalize that relationship?

Look unless I change my last name to Smith from my very obvious Jewish name, I get unsolicited mail from certain charities which may be assuming I care about certain issues. I don't know. Then again I get lots of World Vision mail too.

whatever happened to throwing things in the garbage (after shredding it of course-although I note in CSI Miami they easily glue back together shredded materials)? As for privacy, to me the laws on privacy are intended to protect information yes, but there has to be some common sense when such a law is invoked otherwise it becomes an exercise in absurdity. No I don't want you having information as to my medical illnesses but if you find out I am circumsized I think I can handle that if it gets out.

Edited October 25, 2007 by Rue

[Guest coot]

I think in my personal opinion, there's a huge difference keeping information on people to harm them.

I think the problem most people have about keeping databases of other people's religious affiliation is that this information could one day fall into the wrong hands--not necessarily this government or the next or the next, but one day. Seeing as it's nobody's business anyway, I think all parties would be wise to refrain from recording too many personal statistics.