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Re:Forced Exposure by panacea on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:30AM (#6243559)
Intimidation, confiscation/destruction of property without due process, invasive surveillance and retention under 'terrorist' laws for family of journalists is a difference of degree than what happens in Mexico.

I hold the liberal Western governments to higher standards though, and see the difference in degree as being eroded more easily than you suggest.

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Re:Forced Exposure by knowtheory on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:37AM (#6243598)
You're still falsely equating. Even if it were a slippery slope along a line, it's still a line. Not all of the points are directly adjacent to each other.
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Re:Forced Exposure by panacea on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @09:51AM (#6243693)
Let me try and phrase this in terms that aren't loaded such as 'slippery slope' or rhetorical geometry.

I believe in the importance of a free press, and recent developments are troubling and lead to understandable concerns about the ability of ordinary people and journalists to discuss, report on, or investigate without undue duress, potential criminal activities by rogue agents exceeding their mandate as proscribed by their democratically elected governments.

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Re:Forced Exposure by chris_mahan on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @12:34PM (#6244782)
Hear Hear!
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