bi0tech
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Re: There's a reason democracies can only last for so long Whats that old quote... 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions' Good intention just seems to be an excuse for bad judgement and a lack of rational thought. Everyone still in a tizzy over the big bad terrorists should pay more attention to thier own government.
You can worry about the snakes in the trees, I'll worry about the 800lb gorilla in my back yard. |
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 Rocky67Pencil Neck GeekPremium
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| "Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
Daniel Webster
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"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
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said by bi0tech:. . .I'll worry about the 800lb gorilla in my back yard. You mean in your house? |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to Rocky67
Let's not forget why the terrorist surveillance program was started in the first place and try to imagine any unintended consequences of Mr Kliens actions.
* “We–with God’s help–call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God’s order to kill the Americans and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it. We also call on Muslim ulema, leaders, youths, and soldiers to launch the raid on Satan’s U.S. troops and the devil’s supporters allying with them, and to displace those who are behind them so that they may learn a lesson.” Feb. 1998 - OBL edict
* “Hostility toward America is a religious duty, and we hope to be rewarded for it by God . . . . I am confident that Muslims will be able to end the legend of the so-called superpower that is America.“ OBL in Time Magazine
* “Every American man is an enemy to us.” – OBL in the Independent.
* “We love death. The US loves life. That is the difference between us two.” OBL to a Pakistani T.V. Journalist
* “I say to you: that we are in a battle, and that more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media,” Ayman al-Zawahiri |
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 ctceoPremium
join:2001-04-26
South Bend, IN | reply to Rocky67
And we've never even been a Democracy, lol. |
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 japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | reply to lesopp
Bah. Emotional rhetoric for a sound bite nation.
The surveilance infra will be used to spy on citizens, in corporate competition, for financial markets manipulation, and in party politics. It's too easy, too untraceable, and too enticing an advantage. Human history, human nature. The terrorist excuse is so worn thin. Mil h ardware and field service vendors are in love with terrorism. |
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