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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
It seems like everyday I read somewhere in the news of our government wishing to launch some new program or rule to capture data about the people.
Critics brush off those of us who drop an "Orwell" on occasion, but I find it hard to deny that someone, somewhere thinks up these little policies that exert incrementally larger control over our lives, and I find it hard to believe they don't take that into consideration when formulating their policies.
Our founders warned of these tiny increments.
Mark Krikorian suggests listing our race as "American". If "Pakistani" is a race (a religious and political designation which did not exist prior to 1935 yet it is listed as an example of "race" on the form) then "American" surely is a race too.