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Re:RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017 by na85 on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:54AM (#14131263)
An important step in world history, to be sure. However this decay of the Rule of Law is happening everywhere, not just in West Asia. People always turn towards authoritarianism when the going gets tough. One has only to look at the United States to see that the Rule of Law hasn't been respected for years: politicians and public officials perjuring themselves, intelligence agencies run amok, flagrant civil rights violations by police.

It's easy to justify one's actions, no matter how repugnant, against the spectre of some unknown enemy.

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Re:RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017 by purple-again on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:01AM (#14131340)
You honestly believe that if you compared 1967 USA to 2017 USA it would score WORSE on any of the categories you mentioned?

Politicians and public officials perjuring themselves (2 years from Nixon)

Intelligence agencies run amok (CIA toppling governments like they are made out of cards)

Flagrant civil rights violations by police (LOL no example needed here I should hope)

Please don't conflate better information with worse conditions. Things have never been better and they are getting better all the time (public shaming of politicians who say or do stupid shit, Snowden level leaks of intelligence agency bad behavior, federally recognized rights for gays in the military and marriage etc).

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Re:RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017 by na85 on Monday April 17, 2017 @09:43PM (#14135903)
At least Nixon was forced out of office. What consequence has befallen Clapper for perjuring himself in front of Congress?

CIA and NSA are enjoying unprecedented levels of low oversight and restraint.

For all the "public shaming" that is supposedly happening, where are the actual consequences?

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Re:RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017 by fdsfsda7fsda on Monday April 17, 2017 @10:56AM (#14131277)
First comment is a whataboutism, well that didnt take long.
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