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Its stuff like this that turns people into terrorist, also known as freedom fighters to others.

• supercanuck 13y ago
  How many people would think twice about posting what you just did on the internet in light of the recent NSA revelations.
  • kamarupa 13y ago
    Who cares about people who think twice about expressing a perfectly valid sentiment in the face of illegal and immoral surveillance. They're the last people that should be considered, as they lack moral fiber and personal agency.
  • knodi 13y ago
    I didn't think twice, I almost came back and edited it to remove the last part. Then I realized I'm too old to be governed by fear of dumb people.
• sampk 13y ago
  As a Pakistani, even though am an atheist, If one of those strikes killed one of my siblings I would totes go nuts and become a terrorist for sure and try to recruit as many others as possible. It's pretty obvious that U.S. is intentionally producing terrorists.
  • Amadou 13y ago
    Don't confuse the end result with the intended result. I think it is much more likely that the people making the decisions just don't give a damn. They see the situation from another perspective, one in which they have this really cool toy and they intend to use it as much as possible because as far as they know it doesn't have any downsides. The reason they don't realize the downsides is because it is such a new toy that side-effects aren't well documented. It is kind of like the way we used to use x-ray machines for shoe-fittings - it's kind of obvious it would give people foot cancer but it took people actually getting foot cancer before they stopped doing it. People have a tendency to only see what is right in front of them - right now the blowback from indiscriminate drone usage isn't in their face so they can't see it.