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I'm not buying it. The house is already on fire, and people are wringing their hands because the new owner might have a can of lighter fluid in his pocket.
by MrZongle2 10y ago
I'm not buying it.
The house is already on fire, and people are wringing their hands because the new owner might have a can of lighter fluid in his pocket.
- dragonwriter 10y agoI would say that many people view the Bush/Obama surveillance policies more as unreasonably dangerous highly flammable fuel stored in the house than an actual fire, and Trump as more analogous to someone carrying an ignition source than additional fuel. I don't think many serious observers think that, whatever the potential, the actual substantive harm has yet been even close to Nixon levels, though the potential scope of intercepted communication (and hence, potential for harm with simply a change of intent at the top) is much broader.
- mullen 10y agoYes, the house is on fire, but your friend's friend who is a narcissistic and thin skinned and promises to use the power of government to go after his enemies just showed up with 2 55 gallon barrels of jet fuel. He is about to enter the house and does not believe jet fuel can catch fire.