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The bush admin asserted that it could detain anyone without a trial and torture them. You know, they were trying to do good. We should just let that slide.

• frogpelt 13y ago
  Let's see, is that better or worse than a drone strike? I guess President Obama is trying to keep you alive so it's okay if he takes out a few miscreant citizens with drone strikes, right? (And this is why these discussions belong somewhere else, not on Hacker News)
  • dragonwriter 13y ago
    > Let's see, is that better or worse than a drone strike? That would only be a relevant question if the Bush Admin didn't use those, too.
  • mkohlmyr 13y ago
    While I'm not a particular fan of this digression, in the defense of the guy you replied to he never said Obama was any better. You are the one making his argument partisan.
  • vdaniuk 13y ago
    Oh, another round of what-aboutism. No, Obama is bad and Rice is bad and Bush is bad and anyone serving on the board of a tech startup is a reason to stop using it.
    • biden423 13y ago
      Will you stop using Google? Eric Schmidt has served as a tech adviser to Barack Obama.
      • vdaniuk 13y ago
        Yes, I am limiting my use of Google consumer and business services for ethical reasons. Anything else?
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