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This is the same as the British Stamp Act from the American Revolutionary War. If the Stamp Act was an argument for revolution because it was evil, this is too.
by fetbaffe 13y ago
This is the same as the British Stamp Act from the American Revolutionary War. If the Stamp Act was an argument for revolution because it was evil, this is too.
- tootie 13y agoThe difference is that the colonists had no recourse. "No taxation without representation" and all that. Without sending delegates to parliament, they had no channels to complain through, so rebellion was the only option. We could end the NSA completely by voting for candidates who support that.
- fetbaffe 13y agoI can't vote in the US as a resident in Sweden, so I'm in the exact same positions as the first colonists in America. I guess my only option now is to rebel. But sure for those living in the US they can do that. And they did that with Obama. However that just increased the surveillance.