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This is specifically in response to the question: > Can we please stop acting like the USA is somehow a "good guy" anymore? I am arguing the specific assertio
by superuser2 12y ago
This is specifically in response to the question:
> Can we please stop acting like the USA is somehow a "good guy" anymore?
I am arguing the specific assertion that surveillance makes America morally equivalent to or less than the countries we oppose. That does not seem to be true. Apologies if that's not what parent meant.
Of course this doesn't make America "good" or even okay, but it is entirely possible to have severe problems while still being a "good guy" relative to the likes of Iran.
- flycaliguy 12y agoI see, I often make that mistake actually of ignoring the context of a response relative to the parent, perhaps a fallacy itself! I just get spooked by those comparisons. I think I agree with you in the end that ultimately we the relative good guys and it's important to keep that in mind. In Fact it's our role as the relative good guys that makes it so damn important to make sure we exercise our rights to free speech and political freedom to make sure we stay the good guys.
- fit2rule 12y agoIts not just surveillance. Its also the mass murder of millions of people in the middle east as a result of American-led aggression. Just because its done with death robots from the sky doesn't make it morally justifiable.
- sroerick 12y agoGreat, now I'm writing a tune called Death Robots From the Sky, to the tune of Ghost Riders In the Sky.