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Then you should get out more and talk to some real people.
by nickpp 5y ago
Then you should get out more and talk to some real people.
- cycomanic 5y agoYou are aware that there was a number of completely innocent people who were disappeared int US black sites, because of some name mismatch, something they said somewhere or because their neighbor didn't like them. Now you might be white and have an English name so chances of that happening to you might be slim. However if you do not believe that this is an issue that we have to work against i suggest you get out and develop some principles. You seem to only have issues with these things if done by communist governments.
- nickpp 5y agoI am aware. Those cases number in what - single digits?! Statistically speaking I am much more likely to die of the flu. However, communist governments have done that to millions. If you don't see the difference, I suggest you reexamine your principles.
- tokai 5y agoYou framed the question. Don't push the goal posts around by pointing to past autocracies. It might be a very small risk, but it is infinitely bigger than the risk from my own govenment - where the risk is zero.
- nickpp 5y agoThere are current autocracies too, not only past ones. Also communist, of course. And I was talking about my government, not yours.
- Ekaros 5y agoSingle digits is still single digits too many. Specially if all involved aren't punished by harshest possible means.
- nickpp 5y agoSure. But the original question was: do you think that that should worry regular folks more than the evil and abuse perpetrated by their own government?
- M2Ys4U 5y ago> Then you should get out more and talk to some real people. There's a difference between it being a concern for everyone and everyone being concerned by it.