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Re:The Obama Administration Has Embraced Legal Theories Broa... by rayiner on Friday April 08, 2016 @01:21PM (#11456270)
People do not think that accidental deaths are comparable to intentional killings. We have elaborate mechanisms to distinguish the two because our fundamental outlook is that one is much more serious than the other.

Besides that, it's almost certainly the case that terrorism has resulted in more deaths than has warrantless dragnet surveillance of cross-border traffic.

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Re:The Obama Administration Has Embraced Legal Theories Broa... by naasking on Friday April 08, 2016 @05:11PM (#11458015)
Intention is irrelevant to the argument I presented. The example I presented merely illustrates the level of risk, which is ridiculously low, and certainly doesn't justify military involvement.

> Besides that, it's almost certainly the case that terrorism has resulted in more deaths than has warrantless dragnet surveillance of cross-border traffic.

I don't see how that's relevant one whit. We don't control terrorist actions, we do control our own government's actions, and the latter's actions are restricted by the constitution.

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