Re:Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance
by TeMPOraL on Monday January 05, 2015 @05:09PM
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> However, I don't know if that is the explicit goal or not or just the outcome of a grossly over exaggerated response.
I'm leaning towards the second. Governments, especially democratic, are complicated systems, and as such a collective failure resulting from many small actions guided in various forms of self-interest seems much more probable than a grand conspiracy. I believe that the US terror actions abroad are just that outcome of a grossly exaggerated response, a failure mode the Government can't find a way to get out of.
Re:Writers Say They Feel Censored by Surveillance
by UrMomReadsHN on Monday January 05, 2015 @07:20PM
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I was thinking more individual power grabs on multiple different levels more than grand conspiracy.
Second, this is an excellent answer.
If the government wants you to give up your civil liberties and uses the threat of a terrorist attack to get you to give them up, then they have become terrorists as well. However, I don't know if that is the explicit goal or not or just the outcome of a grossly over exaggerated response. I do know if someone wants to get their way they usually just say "terrorism" or "children."
Terrorist attacks are rare. Humans are terrible at evaluating risks.