Hi!

You wrote:
> But what if HAL is really CAL in disguise,
> and he monitors your every move and reports
> it to big brother, or even the AZ for cripes
> sake.

If this scenario happens, I'll know that Hal will turn me in to Big Bro if I start doing something _really_ bad. So I won't do anything really bad; I don't want to, anyway. And I'll know that no one is starting anything really bad against me. Slightly bad things will be 100% societally acceptable by the time this scenario occurs, or at least that's what I pray (and predict).

Though I won't have privacy from observation, I'll have freedom, with all that implies, and the privacy of my unobservable thoughts.

I support Heinlein's definitions of personal freedom and the duties of the citizen.

Best,

-Boyd