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Imagine a situation where people are credibly planning an armed assault on, say, Citibank, in public forums. Do you believe it is OK to disrupt their planning?
by _jal 6y ago
Imagine a situation where people are credibly planning an armed assault on, say, Citibank, in public forums.
Do you believe it is OK to disrupt their planning? Do you believe it becomes not-OK if the target of the domestic terror is the seat of our government?
- jakearmitage 6y agoLet me use another scenario. 1969, Brazil. Members of a revolutionary group kidnapped the US Ambassador. After that, and a few other incidents, the government used the same argument you presented to review and approve contents of newspapers, magazines, radio shows, movies and correspondence. Do you believe it is OK to do this, in order to disrupt their planning? Do you believe it becomes not-OK if the target of domestic terror is a tyrannical government? [1]: https://www.insidehook.com/article/history/kidnapped-why-an-american-ambassador-was-taken-in-rio-in-1969 https://www.insidehook.com/article/history/kidnapped-why-an-...
- pnw_hazor 6y agoArrest the conspirators and thank them for their candor.