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Trading freedom for security (very OT)

Posted By: Steve Mellen
Date: Monday, 6 August 2007, at 9:49 p.m.

In Response To: Trading freedom for security (very OT) (Achim)

Welcome to what we here in America call the "politics of resentment." Basically, you can get away with anything at all if you can convince enough people that the opposing party is pure evil and not to be trusted in anything.

Setting that aside, here is a serious question for you. Since you're concerned with the wiretapping policies of the US government, what are the policies of your own government as far as eavesdropping on calls and gathering intelligence? And how do you know your country is "better" than the US in this regard?

Messages In This Thread

• Even more big brother? (very OT)
  Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 11:07 a.m.
  • Even more big brother? (very OT)
    Bill Riles -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 12:39 p.m.
    • Trading freedom for security
      Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 1:20 p.m.
      • Trading freedom for security
        Bill Riles -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 1:25 p.m.
        • Trading freedom for security
          Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 1:31 p.m.
        • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
          MaX -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 4:03 p.m.
          • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
            Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 5:57 p.m.
            • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
              Steve Mellen -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 9:49 p.m.
              • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
                Achim -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 11:29 p.m.
                • Trading freedom for security (very OT)
                  Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 6:26 p.m.
    • Even more big brother? (very OT)
      Stick -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 7:08 p.m.
    • Even more big brother? (very OT)
      Frank Berger -- Monday, 6 August 2007, at 8:22 p.m.
    • Even more big brother? (very OT)
      John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 1:27 a.m.
      • Orwell that Ends Well?
        Stick -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 3:13 a.m.
        • Orwell that Ends Well?
          John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 4:39 a.m.
          • Orwell that Ends Well?
            MaX -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 6:56 a.m.
            • Orwell that Ends Well?
              Achim -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 8:32 a.m.
          • Orwell that Ends Well?
            Stick -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 4:30 a.m.
  • big brother is alive an well in europe
    garyo -- Tuesday, 7 August 2007, at 5:44 p.m.
    • big brother is alive an well in europe
      Achim -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 11:56 a.m.
      • big brother is alive an well in europe
        Daniel Murphy -- Saturday, 25 August 2007, at 9:53 p.m.
        • big brother is alive an well in europe
          Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 25 August 2007, at 10:20 p.m.
          • big brother is alive an well in europe
            Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 27 August 2007, at 8:41 p.m.
  • My turn
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 5:00 p.m.
    • My turn
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 5:48 p.m.
      • My turn
        Matt Reklaitis -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 6:36 p.m.
      • My turn
        Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 7:37 p.m.
        • My turn
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 8:50 p.m.
          • My turn
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 9:23 p.m.
          • My turn
            Achim -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 9:30 p.m.
          • My turn
            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 3:48 p.m.
        • My turn
          Matt Reklaitis -- Wednesday, 8 August 2007, at 9:03 p.m.
          • My turn
            Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 2:37 p.m.
      • My turn
        mamabear -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 12:31 a.m.
        • My turn
          Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 3:10 a.m.
  • Even more big brother? (very OT)
    MaX -- Thursday, 9 August 2007, at 1:26 p.m.