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No one is claiming that this change alone will destroy the country. On the contrary, actually, it is just one more in a long line of rights rolled back, privacy
by unclebucknasty 14y ago
No one is claiming that this change alone will destroy the country. On the contrary, actually, it is just one more in a long line of rights rolled back, privacy lost, and more power afforded to the government (here, expanded power to different government agencies). Where does it end? When do the "masses" finally realize how much has been taken from them and the country fundamentally changed as a result? On the next change? Or the one after that?
If you read my comment, that was exactly my point. Your focus on this issue alone is misplaced.
- anigbrowl 14y agoYour comment rested on the false predicate that the nation will inevitably be dismantled. You're entitled to hold the opinion that it will, and I feel equally entitled to point out that you are simply begging the question.
- unclebucknasty 14y agoWell, that's not what you wrote, but OK. And as long as we're disagreeing, I will clarify and say that I am not suggesting that the nation will be inevitably dismantled. I am stating very clearly that it is being dismantled even as we type, and has been undergoing this process for some time. It started with the Patriot Act, near as I can tell. Again, that was my point and you are helping me to make it. You appear to be waiting on that "grand moment of dismantling", complete with announcement and marching band. However, the band is playing right now, but many simply don't hear it. Edit: And by the time they do hear it, it will be too late. They'll just look around perplexed and say, "Well, that's odd. When did that happen?"