{"id":21113,"date":"2010-07-14T11:19:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T19:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=21113"},"modified":"2010-07-14T11:22:02","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T19:22:02","slug":"what-about-a-right-to-privacy-in-your-phone-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=21113","title":{"rendered":"What About A Right To Privacy In Your Phone Calls?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On his radio show Monday, Dennis Prager says: &#8220;Mel Gibson is a troubled man. I have more pity to him than hate. I don&#8217;t think he is a danger to the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there&#8217;s a larger issue than what a man thinks about minorities in his private conversations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Privacy. The notion that a man ranting at his girlfriend is now played for the world is very disturbing. The vast majority of human beings in the midst of terrible anger, particular in a relationship, say terrible things. It&#8217;s none of my business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Americans on the left are keen on the right to privacy when it comes to extinguishing the life of an unborn human but when it comes to the right of privacy of what you say privately in a phone call to your lover, then the left is thrilled to violate the most primal notions of privacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a terrible thing that these private phone calls were recorded and then placed on the internet.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his radio show Monday, Dennis Prager says: &#8220;Mel Gibson is a troubled man. I have more pity to him than hate. 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