Re:Email service used by Snowden shuts down, warns against u...
by obstacle1 on Friday August 09, 2013 @05:02PM
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>You insult people who have experienced a police state by calling what we are experiencing a police state.
Surely as a logical, intelligent HN poster you understand that this is not a valid counterargument? It is rhetorically quite a persuasive statement, but if you have a strong argument why is an emotional appeal necessary?
>A police state has no distinction between legislation and executive.
So when secret courts start popping up, what does that mean to you? When repressive arms of the state are free to exercise unrestricted surveillance despite prohibitive legislation, what does that mean to you?
The names of things mean very little. How they function is what's important.
Surely as a logical, intelligent HN poster you understand that this is not a valid counterargument? It is rhetorically quite a persuasive statement, but if you have a strong argument why is an emotional appeal necessary?
>A police state has no distinction between legislation and executive.
So when secret courts start popping up, what does that mean to you? When repressive arms of the state are free to exercise unrestricted surveillance despite prohibitive legislation, what does that mean to you?
The names of things mean very little. How they function is what's important.