turnin: I find it a little odd that when one voices concern about slippery slopes that might lead to issues with freedom and democracy it's just a few steps away from claims about tin foil hats and conspiracy theories. There is a hell of a lot of this lately, even John Key is calling people conspiracy theorists as though a Government could never be involved in a conspiracy and anyone who should suggest such a thing must therefore also believe in chemtrails and moon landing hoax's.
What's wrong with the world when those that have a differing opinion to each other can't have a reasonable debate without labelling the other party insane.
I think you'll find the tin foil hat approach is being applied due to some of the utter tripe that's being posted, as opposed to people not wanting to have a reasonable debate.