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Right or wrong, national security has nothing to do with fairness.
by larrik 14y ago
Right or wrong, national security has nothing to do with fairness.
- EliRivers 14y agoIf fairness is a fundamental or key part of a nation's identity or principles, then removing that fairness is an attack on the nation and is a national security matter. Securing a nation isn't just ensuring that foreign people don't steal it.
- tedunangst 14y agoEnsuring foreign people don't steal it is part of securing a nation.
- ImprovedSilence 14y agoAgreed. And while I would not be particularly happy about the US spying on me, Id rather have them than China do it.
- king_jester 14y agoYou are seriously mistaken if you believe that a violation of your privacy is better from party A than party B. Both groups of people will fuck you over, it's only a matter of time.
- ImprovedSilence 14y agoAh, but if only the world were really so black and white...
- lostlogin 14y agoHas China kidnapped or assassinated people outside of China (or within) in recent memory? Obviously the US has, but is China just better at hiding it?
- lostlogin 14y agoLess bothered about the spying than about what happens with the information obtained - which of those 2 countries has kidnapped people recently then tortured them and sometimes killed them in the process? Or alternatively, just fired off missiles, dismissing the collateral deaths. I'd far sooner be spied on by either country than have them suspect me of anything. There are no good guys to be seen in this story.