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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
Yeah, you see this is what I'm talking about. More than likely Holder was referring to terrorist cells operating within the US. What people then do make the slippery slope argument, and then the sky is falling. Before you know it, you're believing in Bush's secret Illuminati castles in Colarado or Obama's Hitler Youth army. People love their hysteria, and this forum is becoming saturated with it.
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The slippery slope argument is a valid one. Every government stretches the limits of what is legal and acceptable.
Bush did it with the creation of the Guantanamo prison. Obama is now doing it by claiming the right to kill American citizens here in the states by surprise missile attack. How far will the next POTUS push it? We can't let the yubbas of the world keep us from discussing and setting limits. After all Obamas hitler youth army might not exist but that doesn't mean we should let a future president create one.