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Re: Patriotism or Mass Hysteria?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 25 Apr 2003 01:30:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello writes:
> Reporters are hired to display some degree of impartiality, granted many of
> them do little to hide their left leanings, but to go on a television
> station run by an enemy government and criticize the country that provided
> your plane ticket, seems not only stupid, but bordering on treason.
Um, treason is a very specific crime with very specific actions that define
it as treason. We aren't even in the ballpark with what that reporter did.
And databasing protestors seems harmless until you realize that the FBI
wants to create a database -- and get this -- they don't care if the
information in the database is accurate or not! They are worried they will
miss an important lead if the information must be accurate so they are
willing to dispense with that tedious little bother. Huh?!
Not good.
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) I had to reply as this is a time that I actually find myself agreeing with hop-frog. Death threats are not only inappropriate, but illegal, and should not be tolerated. If you want to call the Dixie Chicks traitors, or unAmerican, go ahead, (...) (21 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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