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Re:Twelve Days in Xinjiang: How China’s Surveillance State O... by nate_meurer on Friday December 22, 2017 @10:17AM (#15988012)
You should talk to the relatives of dissidents killed by the government.

See how this game works once we start depending on emotional appeals?

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Re:Twelve Days in Xinjiang: How China’s Surveillance State O... by thinkhard on Friday December 22, 2017 @12:02PM (#15988936)
Go find pictures of Iraq before and after Saddam was down and see how the life of the ordinary people was changed.

I am not suggesting dictatorship is good; but in certain level of civilization, it might be better for the majority.

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Re:Twelve Days in Xinjiang: How China’s Surveillance State O... by nate_meurer on Friday December 22, 2017 @12:49PM (#15989370)
The gross mismanagement of the Iraq war and its aftermath does not demonstrate that security and freedom are incompatible. Yes, it's much more difficult in some places than others, and a despotic leader is all too happy to point out the failures in order to justify their own tyranny. What really sucks is that so many people fall for it.
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