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That was sarcasm right? Pay the oppressive government program to be less oppressive? And of course if you're poor too bad for you.
by greggman 12y ago
That was sarcasm right? Pay the oppressive government program to be less oppressive? And of course if you're poor too bad for you.
- jrockway 12y agoI wasn't being sarcastic. The program is a good idea: I pay to have my background checked, and then I'm not treated like a criminal. It has some foundation based in logic (I'm pretty low-risk, compared to anyone that shows up with a plane ticket), so I'm not going to complain. And if you're super-libertarian or whatever, you should be happy that I'm paying the cost, not the taxpayer! The good news is, it appears the background check doesn't really matter. At JFK, they siphon people at random into these lines when the main line is full. This hints that the reduced scrutiny will be coming for everyone soon.
- hackuser 12y ago> I pay to have my background checked, and then I'm not treated like a criminal. Wow. I don't think objecting to that makes someone ... > super-libertarian or whatever I notice that people who think don't object to these programs resort to two arguments: 1) What me worry? 2) Name calling It makes me think that they don't have much of an argument, and adds to my growing conviction that there is no argument. EDIT: slight reword
- jrockway 12y agoIsn't dismissing my argument as "name calling" name calling?