Making us secure at what cost? Our constitution? Our freedom?
Exactly. We have no more freedom.
Following this logic, let’s bug everyone’s houses and let the police bust in any old time they want.
Just think of the criminals we’ll catch.
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Exactly.
Which is the greater hazard- governmental excess or terrorism?
Governmental tyranny has slaughtered and opressed many, many times more victims than terrorism could ever dream of.
The founding dads knew what they were talking about.
Not that security is unimportant- it is, but if forced to choose I'll take liberty over security any day of the week.
The NSA and our loving leaders keep presenting to us a FALSE DICHOTOMY: our way or die.
The bureaucratic solution to all problems is to punish the innocent. This is an inviolate truism.
There is another alternative, and that is infiltrate groups (dog-whistle: “muslim” groups), gather real intelligence, and go after those we know are the mayor perpetrators. Over and over it has been demonstrated that humint is superior to technology in this kind of arena.
I would rather face a little more danger and have some semblance remain of my rights as a law-abiding citizen.
Thank you. Exactly.