Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by davesque on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:43PM
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Not entirely. Trump was extremely unclear and dodgy when asked more about his comments in the days after that interview. People asked him very directly on several occasions if he would, in fact, implement a Muslim database. He never denied that he would. In fact, he confirmed that he wants a database for Syrian refugees.
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Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by smsm42 on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:58PM
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"Never denied he would" is not exactly the same as "Would for sure do it".
> he confirmed that he wants a database for Syrian refugees.
Doesn't the government already have database of all immigrants? I even have a nice card with a number, I'm pretty sure this number refers to a record in the database. Before I had that, I also had to fill in and send out certain forms, which I am pretty sure also went to some government database.
So how exactly Syrian refugees are different and what exactly makes the thing that US - and pretty much every other, as far as I know - government routinely does so beyond the pale?
Re:Peter Thiel To Join Trump Transition Team
by leesalminen on Thursday November 10, 2016 @11:02PM
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Most everyone is just a record in a database. Where we live, go, work, eat, watch, listen to... it's all just a record in a database.