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Re: Libertarian comes through for the Terrorists
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:03:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > Sometimes sacrifices have to be made Larry. Innocent people are being
> > > sacrificed in Afghanistan right now as we speak. Our armed forces are
> > > already risking their lives, and some special ops guys (& gals?) *may*
> > > already have died. If this converts to a full on ground war, more will die.
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> > > In that context, is it too much to let some snooper see your grocery bill?
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> > Yes it *is* too much, without probable cause.
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> Scott, I agree with Larry here. Yes, I'm prepared to make sacrifices. I'm not
> prepared to make unnecessary sacrifices, and your grocery bill example falls
> squarely in that category (unless, as Larry says, there's probable cause)
The “grocery bill” comment was an attempt to trivialise the snooped material
and focus on the snooping – not a hard argument. I am not proposing that
“unnecessary sacrifices” should be made. The term is complete oxymoron in
this context.
The secret police can see my grocery bill if it helps stop this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1599000/1599212.stm
Scott A
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