AERIAL SURVEILLANCE ROBOT: Hello citizen. I'll be monitoring you on your walk today! Enjoy your safety.
CITIZEN: What? That's a violation of my privacy.
ROBOT: If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide
CITIZEN: Everyone has something to hide and usually no one cares. By surveilling everyone, you catch the benign breaches of law and taboo. If the public are all guilty, the executive part of the government can selectively enforce laws, essentially giving them both judicial and legislative power, which defeats the whole point of separation of powers.
Be sure to see the rest for the punchline (and don’t forget the red button!). Of course, my go-to reply to anyone who tells me I’ve got nothing to hide if I’ve done nothing wrong is to immediately demand to see their bank statement and online passwords. After all, any flustered reaction can only be a sign that they’re hiding their wrongdoing! QED.
I’m a liberal skeptic, rationalist & third-wave atheist stuck in a rut in Québec, Canada and who spends his time composing, writing, drawing, harboring a layman’s passion for science and technology, getting angry at social injustices, and most of all, jabbing cretins and trolls with sharp pointy sticks. (Oh, and blogging.) Proud owner of a Nize Hat!, an indomitable SIWOTI syndrome and an itchy snark finger.
You can find all my musical, literary and artistic works at my art blog, Creativitas.
![There is probably no [superstition]. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life](http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad171/crispianjago/Probably-No.gif "There is probably no [superstition]. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life")
![Excerpt from ‘Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’ comic #2806 [@ 01/08/13]](http://i.imgur.com/JNHnA.gif "Excerpt from ‘Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’ comic #2806 [@ 01/08/13]")
![Joé McKen (18) [taken 07/13/10]](http://i.imgur.com/2wvlR.jpg "Joé McKen (18) [taken 07/13/10]")
