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Don't you know US law enforcement and Homeland Security are seriously fucked up? No-one from the civilized world should go to the US, unless it's necessary, an
by hastur 15y ago
Don't you know US law enforcement and Homeland Security are seriously fucked up?
No-one from the civilized world should go to the US, unless it's necessary, and then you just do your business and get out, and not wander around waiting for something to happen to you.
Also, don't host your web apps or services in US or with European branches of US companies (e.g. Amazon data centers in Ireland).
(And yeah, I know this comment will attract a ton of negative votes, but I don't care, people need to be warned.)
- mquander 15y agoI think you might be more successful in spreading this view if you take the time to write a good comment instead of consciously writing a shitty one.
- nknight 15y agoSpeaking as an American, there's not a damned thing wrong with his comment. It's accurate, to-the-point advice that needs to be given.
- mquander 15y agoA single blanket assertion with nothing new, no argument, no insight is flamebait, not advice. What part of that comment would tell anything to someone who didn't already believe it? Do you think there is some European reader who has never given a moment of thought to the existence of America, encounters that comment, and goes, Aha! It turns out that America is fucked up! I'd better remember that! I don't think that reader exists.
- hastur 15y agoBut then I'd have to take a more nuanced view and admit it's not all black and white. And I don't want that, because I'm really angry right now. And I think such anger does have a function by making a tiny contribution to the public pressure on US govt agencies. Let them know they're having a really bad image in the world.
- bpodgursky 15y agoI hate going on reddit because of flamebait moronic comments like these. Time to find a new news aggregator...
- waffle_ss 15y agoWhy stop there? There's an HN-clone for Europeans who don't like the American slant in many submissions. Maybe you should relocate? I'm sure your xenophobia[1] would play well over there. [1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3595966 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3595966
- hastur 15y agoSo critiquing the practices of US agencies (and advising to steer away from their reach) is xenophobia all of a sudden? Then in your eyes, critiquing the reckless and brutal behavior of the Israeli government against Palestinians must be antisemitism. ;) And I thought it was me who was using a broad brush.
- waffle_ss 15y agoI hate the US agencies probably more than you, but don't you think it's a little disingenuous to blacklist the whole country over it? Or were you in favor of starving the Iraqi people with UN sanctions because of Saddam Hussein? As an American, I'm totally against giving Israel any US support at all. Same goes for the Palestinians. Same goes for Pakistan and any other country - hell, even all the way up to the UN. "Continental Europe and Brazil are the only reasonable places if you want to live in a civilized world." You should contrast the behavior of the Israelis evicting Palestinians to the Brazilians evicting favela dwellers. Also, the destruction of vast swathes of rainforest to make room for urban developments. Might make for some cognitive dissonance for your example of a "civilized" country.
- sliverstorm 15y agoNo-one from the civilized world should go to the US, unless it's necessary, and then you just do your business and get out, and not wander around waiting for something to happen to you. So critiquing the practices of US agencies... That's hardly a critique...