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As you say it will only be used against the bad guys, until if isn't. Like civil forfeiture, which originally targeted dig dealers, it week expands over time to
by wheaties 8y ago
As you say it will only be used against the bad guys, until if isn't. Like civil forfeiture, which originally targeted dig dealers, it week expands over time to be anything and everything that runs afowl of some interest.
- hawkice 8y agoOh sweet summer child. The police can just take your money. I love how you imagine you have to do something wrong or be opposed to something to trigger this. No. You have money. They can take it.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Like civil forfeiture, which originally targeted dig dealers, Civil forfeiture did not originally target drug dealers.
- barkingtoad 8y agoWell that's the thing about the slippery slope argument... it always leads to jackbooted thugs marching into your living room and by then it's too late Having heard this argument made so many times in my lifetime, I've been awaiting the sound of the jackboots on the stairwells for decades This eternal vigilance has now become tiresome. So much to watch for, I don't think I can keep it up