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It would be easier to buy the "we'll only use this new, extraordinary power to combat terrorists (or pedophiles, or drug dealers, or whatever the boogeyman of t
by gnosis 14y ago
It would be easier to buy the "we'll only use this new, extraordinary power to combat terrorists (or pedophiles, or drug dealers, or whatever the boogeyman of the day is)" excuse if it hadn't turned out to be a lie time, and time again.
Over and over, the government grabs more power for itself, then uses and abuses that power in whatever way it wishes.
What makes this particular case even more eggregious is that there's absolutely no oversight whatsoever. Obama (or whoever we're unlucky enough to be saddled with after him) can just designate anyone he wants a "terrorist", without anyone being able to question his judgement or even ask for justifications. It's assassination power on a whim.
How much more absolute power are you going to be willing to grant the government for the sake of security theater?
- tptacek 14y agoWhat is the oversight that was used when the administration decided to bomb Dresden, or to firebomb Tokyo? How does it differ from the oversight employed against "organizations involved in the attacks on 9/11"? How many more innocent people were killed in those attacks than will ever be killed by drones? Have you ever watched "Fog Of War"? Tokyo was made of wood and paper.
- mpyne 14y agoMore Japanese died in Tokyo from one night of firebombing attacks in March 1945 than died in either Dresden, Hiroshima, or Nagasaki. It sadly really goes to show how right Stalin was when he made his jest about tragedies and statistics.