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Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar... by hugh4 on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @05:33PM (#10421966)
The government already entitles itself to do far worse things than bounce a few photons off me now and then -- eg every year they pry open my wallet and entitle themselves to a very large fraction of my income.
Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar... by nosuchthing on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @05:46PM (#10422035)
You're free to move to other municipalities without public services, infrastructure, and taxes.
Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @11:04PM (#10423437)
You should also be wary to chose the new place carefully, there are many areas on Earth where the background radiation is higher than in NY with a scan-van on every corner working constantly.
Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar... by dguaraglia on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @05:53PM (#10422073)
So, by that argument, we should just let the government do anything then? I once had a similar argument with a friend who insisted there should be stricter gun laws "because the government already has tanks and planes, so the second amendment doesn't make any sense anymore; they could always bomb the shit out of the public if they wanted."

I think the opposite is truth: we need to act now while we still have some power, rather than assume a defeatist attitude and let our children and their children at the mercy of a fully omnipotent government.

Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar... by anon1mous on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:13PM (#10422190)
That's a lost battle, the future is dark :(
Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar... by hugh4 on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:49PM (#10422389)
No, my actual argument is that all arguments of the form "If the government is allowed to do X then they have to be allowed to do Y, Z and Z' " are a bit silly.