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Viet Dinh Defends The Patriot Act
Grrr writes "Wired News has posted an interview with Viet Dinh, who worked on the PATRIOT Act for the Justice Department. In the past he said, "Security without liberty - it's not an America I would want to live in." And also, in this interview, "I think right now at this time and this place the greatest threat to American liberty comes from al-Qaida and their sympathizers rather than from the men and women of law enforcement and national security who seek to defend America and her people against that threat." Several of his replies are (predictably / necessarily / discouragingly) less than direct."
communist?
Looks like the same people complaining about abuse of government power have no problem abusing moderation power to shut down viewpoint that don't match their own.
Nice job.
SIG:Slashdot: indymedia for nerds.
and replace it with the illusion of security
And just how many people have died on american soil from terrorism since the patriot act was passed?
Planes aren't being hijacked because we stop the dreaded nail clipper from coming on board.
The point isn't to stop nail clippers, its to stop people like this guy. If that means I have to give up my nail clippers, I really dont see the problem.
His name is Viet Dinh (Score:4, Funny)
by Anonymous Coward on 17:40 Tuesday 24 February 2004 (#8380986)
but everyone around the office calls him Charlie.
I was waiting for the first racist message to come out of this thread. However, was shocked to find it first under comments (I browse at +4).
Repeat after me:
"Armed CITIZENS are NOT terrorists."
Now all you people out there who do not own firearms, go out and buy one, train with it, become proficient.
Me, I would feel safer if the feds required all taxpayers to carry concealed firearms. That would deter both crime and terrorists.
JoeR
You're quoting from a fairy tale, now, you know.
A stronger case would probably be warranted to reinforce your arguement.
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This is so typically American. Look somewhere else for the problem, so you can ignore the problems at home. While anyone can agree that terrorism is a problem, it is the problems at home that we can actually do something about. Fretting about terrorists is exactly what the terrorists want if I'm not mistaken. Looks like the terrorist and Big Brother have something in common.
"Take that Lisa's beliefs!" - Homer Simpson
Ooooh, when you get mad, you forget all about using periods to end sentences.
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And he may be several generations in this country. People used to Americanize their names when they came to this country, though I thought that those days were fortunately gone. Slashdot has shown otherwise, which is sad.
Those fairly tales were gathered oral tradition, not 'written' by the Brothers Grimm. You've been letting modern 'political' literatary types color your world a bit much.
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Yes, one humorous post about an old stereotype has shown otherwise, hasn't it. The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, and all anglo-saxons are racist buggers.
The sad thing is that every hyper-PC facist attempts to portray every "discretion" as proof of an overriding, all-encompassing plot. Get over it.
A few summers ago in New York, when my wife and I were dating, we went to the observatory on the Empire State Building. I hadn't been to the one on the World Trade Center since I was a kid, but we weren't up for two in one trip. We figured that we'd get to the WTC next time.. Well that liberty of movement wasn't taken away by the Justice Department...
Hey I'm a psycho lesbian and I am, am, in-credibly horny and want to go to an All Girls Catholic High School Dance and make sweet, sweet, angry love to all the thick thighed American girls.
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