That pesky fourth amendment

Skybird · 06-03-16, 01:28 PM

http://www.infoworld.com/article/307...r-privacy.html

Hope you like living in a police state!? And that means you non-American guy, too. For the intel services do not stop at national borders. Nor do they respect foreign legislation.

All this would be easier to accept in the name of anti terror - if only the national states would have shown greater trustworthiness over these issues in the past years and decades. But hey haven't. Fighting terror is only their excuse to get these tools of power for themselves. States are amongst the greatest threats to be feared out there, one own government. The occasional terror strike people can learn to adapt to, its not different than thousand skilled in yearly traffic accidents, or school shootings, or bad food habits. But having freedom taken away from oneself, has far more serious and long-lasting consequences for a civilisation. And can lead to much bigger state-made barbary and revolt-caused blood shed one day.

Even if it is considered to be not polite to think, not to mention: to say so.

"The states are the coldest of all monsters."

06-03-16, 01:28 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,674 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	That pesky fourth amendment http://www.infoworld.com/article/307...r-privacy.html Hope you like living in a police state!? And that means you non-American guy, too. For the intel services do not stop at national borders. Nor do they respect foreign legislation. All this would be easier to accept in the name of anti terror - if only the national states would have shown greater trustworthiness over these issues in the past years and decades. But hey haven't. Fighting terror is only their excuse to get these tools of power for themselves. States are amongst the greatest threats to be feared out there, one own government. The occasional terror strike people can learn to adapt to, its not different than thousand skilled in yearly traffic accidents, or school shootings, or bad food habits. But having freedom taken away from oneself, has far more serious and long-lasting consequences for a civilisation. And can lead to much bigger state-made barbary and revolt-caused blood shed one day. Even if it is considered to be not polite to think, not to mention: to say so. "The states are the coldest of all monsters." __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.