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What strawman? You supported the idea of detaining people on any suspicion. I suggested that there's no point in going down that road because anyone could be a
by sillygoose 11y ago
What strawman? You supported the idea of detaining people on any suspicion. I suggested that there's no point in going down that road because anyone could be a threat anywhere.
Sure, sometimes someone is suspicious because he's actually up to no good. But that doesn't mean detaining people on various subjective suspicions is a good idea.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoCome now. If someone says "I have a bomb in my luggage" (as a joke), that's hardly "on any suspicion". The person has spoken what amounts to a possibly serious, realistic threat, and the security person has literally no other means of determining whether it was a joke or not.
- sillygoose 11y agoYou didn't refer to anything specific.