Our NSA watches, reads, listens to and data mines everything we do on the tubes, too. What's the diff? One might argue that in Russia, at least they're open about it.
They're just not as sophisticated as us.
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Watching what you're reading is one thing.
Controlling what you get to say is another. Ask Pussy Riot how things worked out for them Both are bad to be sure. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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But why watch if the intent is not to stifle?
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Is that an essay question or a faux-conundrum? (or both.)
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Only if you are a terrierist.
Freedom of speech is the issue. You have any idea how many right wing anti-Obama or anti-government sites there are? You register your domain name with ICANN and you're good to go. The US government is not part of the process. Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
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Yup.
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Re: Only if you are a terrierist. I see. "If you've got nothing to hide ..."
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It's consumption vs production of "content".
Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov |
Will we bomb the Red Cross now?
- (mmoffitt)
- (28)
- Aug. 11, 2014, 12:18:59 PM EDT
Depends on how many mortar shells the Red Cross is carrying.
-NT
- (Andrew Grygus)
- (22)
- Aug. 11, 2014, 12:23:27 PM EDT
So, just "aid and comfort" is okay then. ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 11, 2014, 01:43:56 PM EDT
Or driven by Russian Special forces.
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- (20)
- Aug. 11, 2014, 02:47:20 PM EDT
But, that's my point. Does it matter?
- (mmoffitt)
- (19)
- Aug. 11, 2014, 03:37:45 PM EDT
Those, at minimum, are called reinforcements.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (18)
- Aug. 11, 2014, 03:55:13 PM EDT
(D'overai ni proverei.. worked even for paranoid-Ronnie.)
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 11, 2014, 04:29:55 PM EDT
And I would not trust anything coming from the West.
- (mmoffitt)
- (16)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 08:34:49 AM EDT
does the polish free army ring a bell?
- (boxley)
- (6)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 09:51:39 AM EDT
I don't disagree.
- (mmoffitt)
- (5)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 10:51:21 AM EDT
What about ...
- (drook)
- (4)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 12:55:26 PM EDT
'MURICA! EFF-YEAH!
-NT
- (folkert)
- (2)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 01:32:37 PM EDT
You mean this?
- (drook)
- (1)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 02:01:31 PM EDT
Would I mean *ANYTHING ELSE?* EFF-NO!
- (folkert)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 04:51:27 PM EDT
Neither.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 02:32:05 PM EDT
So you're OK with this:
- (a6l6e6x)
- (8)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 04:36:08 PM EDT
They're just not as sophisticated as us.
- (mmoffitt)
- (7)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 04:40:39 PM EDT
Watching what you're reading is one thing.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (6)
- Aug. 12, 2014, 05:03:50 PM EDT
But why watch if the intent is not to stifle?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (5)
- Aug. 13, 2014, 08:24:58 AM EDT
Is that an essay question or a faux-conundrum? (or both.)
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 13, 2014, 05:25:27 PM EDT
Only if you are a terrierist.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (3)
- Aug. 14, 2014, 12:28:09 AM EDT
Yup.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Aug. 14, 2014, 12:41:03 AM EDT
Re: Only if you are a terrierist. I see. "If you've got nothing to hide ..."
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- Aug. 14, 2014, 10:46:34 AM EDT
It's consumption vs production of "content".
-NT
- (a6l6e6x)
- Aug. 14, 2014, 12:38:38 PM EDT
Apparently mostly empty
- (scoenye)
- (4)
- Aug. 17, 2014, 07:06:57 PM EDT
apparently used the same shipping company as the turkish gaza flotilla
-NT
- (boxley)
- Aug. 17, 2014, 07:20:33 PM EDT
Not only that.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (1)
- Aug. 17, 2014, 10:38:44 PM EDT
That would get ~260 "advisers" in.
-NT
- (scoenye)
- Aug. 18, 2014, 07:56:27 AM EDT
Curiouser and curiouser.. Three Card Monte/shell game?
-NT
- (Ashton)
- Aug. 18, 2014, 03:23:35 AM EDT
