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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by coldtea on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:04AM (#14408823)
>The real danger is nobody cares anymore, as this enables all further constitution violations and hollowing of citizen protection worldwide.

The upside is that a society that doesn't care, eventually gets what it deserves.

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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:55AM (#14409020)
I don't see this as an upside. You can't really blame people for that - this is a systemic issue, and it was predicted it will happen. People, in aggregate, don't respond to abstract problems like that by any form of prolonged care.
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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by coldtea on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @10:34AM (#14410290)
>You can't really blame people for that - this is a systemic issue, and it was predicted it will happen. People, in aggregate, don't respond to abstract problems like that by any form of prolonged care.

They should, and I can blame them for that. That's the duty of the citizen. Not recognizing the issue at all is not an excuse.

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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by Karunamon on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @12:43PM (#14411350)
Blame all you like, it doesn't make any progress towards solving the problem.
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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by libeclipse on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:16AM (#14408881)
That's an upside?
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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by mirimir on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:48AM (#14409005)
Feedback is good.
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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by xxs on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @06:48AM (#14409004)
well, it wakes up, rebels and all, sort of normal cycles in history.
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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by ld57 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @07:21AM (#14409135)
They don't care anymore because they believe it's also done for their own security.
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