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You know you might not be serving the public interest if... "The stigma of working with the FBI might cause customers to ... file civil actions to further preve
by fleitz 16y ago
You know you might not be serving the public interest if... "The stigma of working with the FBI might cause customers to ... file civil actions to further prevent the disclosure of information"
- Joakal 16y agoServing national interest is different to serving public interest despite some similarities.
- cqdx 16y agoAnd both are perverted frequently enough to require proper oversight.
- bluedanieru 16y agoNot necessarily. It's hard to tell what you mean though. Are you saying the interests of the state and the interests of its people are necessarily at odds, or just that they have become so in the US?
- Joakal 16y agoThat's a good question to ask the FBI.
- nkassis 16y agoI'm with Kirk on this one, the Good of the one sometimes outweigh to good of the many as is the case here.
- DanI-S 16y agoI'm pretty sure the state should exist to promote the quality of life of its inhabitants, not the other way around.
- potatolicious 16y agoI'm with Spock on this one, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... or the one. Which is my roundabout way of saying that violating the constitutional freedoms of an entire people is probably not worth it just to catch a few bad guys.
- nkassis 16y agoThat was kinda what I meant here. The good of the one (Individual) and the many (the gov and everyone's security)
- bluedanieru 16y agoI think all you two have proven is that the proverb doesn't really apply here :-)
- jvdh 16y agoNo, the real world could really do without a Jack Bauer.
- jrockway 16y agoAt least they're honest.
- jared314 16y agoMore aware than honest.
- bluedanieru 16y agoAt least they forgot to redact that.
- moxiemk1 16y agoI think more importantly, serving the public interest is not the same thing as serving the popular interest. I do not approve of FBI methods, but in the pedantic case I do recognize that a fundamental part of a republican (little r) government is doing what's best for the people, not what they like.
- smokeyj 16y agoThe republic knows what's best for our own good. All hail the mother land.