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Schneier On the War On the Unexpected
jamie found this essay by Bruce Schneier, The War on the Unexpected. (It originally appeared in Wired but this version has all the links.) "We've opened up a new front on the war on terror. It's an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it's a war on different. If you act different, you might find yourself investigated, questioned, and even arrested — even if you did nothing wrong, and had no intention of doing anything wrong. The problem is a combination of citizen informants and a CYA attitude among police that results in a knee-jerk escalation of reported threats... After someone reports a 'terrorist threat,' the whole system is biased towards escalation and CYA instead of a more realistic threat assessment... If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security."
but that would be unexpected
praise for this is idea the assumed slashdot lowest common denominator reaction
i look forward to my troll mod for being unexpected
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intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Until this current administration is gone forever... Only one more year hearing words non stop about "The war on terror .. war on terror.. war on terror" which ironically seems to be remarkably similar to "The war on drugs" campaign in that it is very expensive and can never truly be won... That doesnt stop elected officials using it as an argument to take away every personal freedom we have...
I don't know. Maybe you just hang out with the wrong sort of people.
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Hey fuck off. I've been SSSS'ed before. I've been pat down, had my luggage torn open in front of me. I've been questioned by Customs (IIII'ed). I've been held by armed border guards at a land crossing before (while they searched by car in detail).
If you think it's only the Muslims who get searched, pulled aside, etc, you're full of shit.
The point is, even though I've been searched a half dozen times, I don't look at it as a failure of the system. For every time I've been searched I've crossed 5 or 6 times. It's the most cost effective solution, random screening. The problem is, whenever you screen a Muslim, all of a sudden it's a hate crime. You know what? Fuck you.
Tom
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"One side of the story"? What possible side could he have that justifies FUCKING TORTURE?
He was Syrian? How's that any different from a stowaway getting caught and sent back?
The fact that he tried to sue for 400M at first strongly suggests he just wanted to cash in on it. After all, it's not Harper who pays for it. It's me, and everyone else who pays taxes. Why should I pay more taxes so jerks who fly around with the wrong documentation have a nice retirement plan when the shit hits the fan?
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Except they at least attempt to increase life. Muslims just use bombs to kill. Doesn't matter who, doesn't matter why. Only needs to draw attention.
... it isn't really anti-abortion groups you should focus on ...
And since muslims kill 10.000x more people than all Christian groups and all armies combined
You mean the "free speech" zones?
Well, nowhere does it say the government HAS to grant the permit to protest on public property. Sorry, them's the breaks.
If you don't like the way it was handled locally, don't vote the same asshat people in next go around. Sluh.
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Ok, well 100 of my friends want to "peacefully assemble" in front of your door and stop you from leaving your house.
I can see now, that freedom in your world comes at a price, it's called civility.
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