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Don't know why this was downvoted, other than people just not agreeing with him.
by jhamburger 16y ago
Don't know why this was downvoted, other than people just not agreeing with him.
- andrewcooke 16y agoI can't speak for everyone, but one reason is that there is also a cumulative effect from these "small things". A progressive eroding of civil rights also affects a nation in "big ways". Isolating one effect of one loss, and comparing that to the complex effects of terrorism is not a fair comparison.
- joe_the_user 16y agoI just voted it down to zero but it might up again soon... The main thing that justifies the downvotes is that the argument is both wrong and mostly rhetoric rather than argument. As other have said, the installation of vast control mechanism by no means is something with an insignificant effect on the country. If he had actually made the argument that someone else credits him with, that terrorism's effect is disproportionate to the deaths, then he'd have argument (not sufficient but a real argument). But he didn't make that argument - instead rhetorically (and ultimately dishonestly) dismissed concerns about reaction to terrorists. Down voting seems justified in this case.