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Like The Patriot Act? Yah - that hasn't been abused at all - nope.

• esrauch 15y ago
  The patriot act hasn't been applied at scale though. It's easy to abuse your power at small scales, it's difficult at large scales just because you are relying on many potentially inept people.
  • throwawayday 15y ago
    at least until you disarm the populace, then it's 'free play' all day long
    • esrauch 15y ago
      Hm, so you really think that people with hunting rifles are keeping the government in line?
      • throwawayday 15y ago
        yep, cause so long as they have to worry about an uprising of an armed populace they will at least show a little restraint.