Submitted by Angewidert (not verified) on Wed, 02/13/2013 - 1:43pm.
When someone comes to your house, and they haven’t done anything disrespectful, should you overtly disrespect them by running a background check and taking photos of them? I don't think so, Gestapo Agent GuestX. I would guess you would have been perfectly comfortable in the late 1930's in Germany. That’s what the Germans were doing (except for the new high tech gadgets, which make it even more invasive, that is).
Think of it like this:
When someone comes to your house, and they haven’t done anything disrespectful, should you overtly disrespect them by running a background check and taking photos of them? I don't think so, Gestapo Agent GuestX. I would guess you would have been perfectly comfortable in the late 1930's in Germany. That’s what the Germans were doing (except for the new high tech gadgets, which make it even more invasive, that is).