Re:Reddit co-founder on NSA snooping [video]
by davidw on Friday June 14, 2013 @04:46PM
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> there's plenty of evidence of things not being right
No shit!
Things were never "right", starting from the constitution defining slaves as 3/5ths of a human being. Women couldn't vote 100 years ago. In a lot of southern states, things were still pretty bad 50 years ago, and the idea of a black person being president was science fiction.
You can dig up similar dirt on pretty much any country with enough history. Did you know that in Switzerland, universal suffrage for women wasn't fully approved until the 1970ies? Italy? Berlusconi - need I say more?
Not right, however, does not mean "dead", and those who conflate the two come across as ill-informed, at best.
Having to argue that the US is not just like North Korea as part of any political debate leaves little room for any serious, nuanced considerations.
No shit!
Things were never "right", starting from the constitution defining slaves as 3/5ths of a human being. Women couldn't vote 100 years ago. In a lot of southern states, things were still pretty bad 50 years ago, and the idea of a black person being president was science fiction.
You can dig up similar dirt on pretty much any country with enough history. Did you know that in Switzerland, universal suffrage for women wasn't fully approved until the 1970ies? Italy? Berlusconi - need I say more?
Not right, however, does not mean "dead", and those who conflate the two come across as ill-informed, at best.
Having to argue that the US is not just like North Korea as part of any political debate leaves little room for any serious, nuanced considerations.