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If you were a Congresswoman, and a terror attack happened in your district, and you give this speech, what do you think the reaction would be?

by Sven7 13y ago

chronic25 13y ago
I would not be the congressman of a district full of idiots to begin with. The reaction would not be negative.
grey-area 13y ago
Like your previous question, this is a non sequitur. The answer to a local terror attack is not hysteria about stopping all terror and surveillance of all citizens (99.9% of whom will never encounter terrorists in any form). The answer is to give the police and law enforcement time to do their work (which they do very well) and support them in trying to catch the people who committed that crime. The Boston bombers were found by police work after the fact, not by the mass surveillance of the population you are advocating as a solution to 'stop terror'. That's a solution to another problem - it's far more useful for finding dissenters of any stripe and undermining the rule of law than for catching terrorists.
camus 13y ago
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.
enraged_camel 13y ago
If I were really brave, like Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was after the 2011 massacre there, then I would stick by the ideals my country was founded upon and wouldn't particularly care about the public's reaction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks#Domestic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks#Domestic "At a press conference the morning after the attacks, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Justice Minister Knut Storberget addressed the country. Stoltenberg called the attack a "national tragedy" and the worst atrocity in Norway since World War II. Stoltenberg further vowed that the attack would not hurt Norwegian democracy, and said the proper answer to the violence was "more democracy, more openness, but not naivety".

If you were a Congresswoman, and a terror attack happened in your district, and you give this speech, what do you think the reaction would be?

by Sven7 13y ago

If you were a Congresswoman, and a terror attack happened in your district, and you give this speech, what do you think the reaction would be?

chronic25 13y ago

I would not be the congressman of a district full of idiots to begin with. The reaction would not be negative.

grey-area 13y ago

Like your previous question, this is a non sequitur. The answer to a local terror attack is not hysteria about stopping all terror and surveillance of all citizens (99.9% of whom will never encounter terrorists in any form). The answer is to give the police and law enforcement time to do their work (which they do very well) and support them in trying to catch the people who committed that crime. The Boston bombers were found by police work after the fact, not by the mass surveillance of the population you are advocating as a solution to 'stop terror'. That's a solution to another problem - it's far more useful for finding dissenters of any stripe and undermining the rule of law than for catching terrorists.

camus 13y ago

Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.

enraged_camel 13y ago

If I were really brave, like Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was after the 2011 massacre there, then I would stick by the ideals my country was founded upon and wouldn't particularly care about the public's reaction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks#Domestic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks#Domestic "At a press conference the morning after the attacks, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Justice Minister Knut Storberget addressed the country. Stoltenberg called the attack a "national tragedy" and the worst atrocity in Norway since World War II. Stoltenberg further vowed that the attack would not hurt Norwegian democracy, and said the proper answer to the violence was "more democracy, more openness, but not naivety".