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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by pjc50 on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:21AM (#9845984)
People [from] several states away showed up with rifles

What jail sentences for terrorism offences did they recieve? Or were they shot by police? Or were they white people?

(In other countries, you can't just show up to political protests with weapons!)

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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by freehunter on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @12:00PM (#9846237)
Other countries don't have that right enshrined in their Constitution. America does, so of course they wouldn't be hit with terrorism charges, Race doesn't matter here. You can show up to the airport with a gun, and as long as you don't threaten anyone or try to get through the security checkpoint, you won't be arrested. If you are arrested, the arrest will be thrown out of the court. Americans have the explicit right to carry guns in a not-overtly-threatening manner in a great many places that might surprise you.
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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by pjc50 on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @12:07PM (#9846290)
My oblique point was that "not-overtly-threatening manner" is very subject to racist interpretation. There have been a number of well publicised incidents of black Americans being shot dead due to being wrongly percieved as threats, such as http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/cops-shoot-and-kill-man-holding-t...
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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by Crito on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:25AM (#9846007)
> "What jail sentences for terrorism offences did they recieve? Or were they shot by police?"

I think you know the answer to that. The answer is kind of my point, isn't it?

These people are dangerous to push around because they have guns. They realize this. They are not going to relinquish that leverage without a fight.

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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by pjc50 on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @12:11PM (#9846328)
These people are dangerous to push around because they have guns

This works until a politically opposing group shows up with guns as well.

Would you argue that the group most subject to being pushed around by the state in the US - young black men - would be better off arming themselves?

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Re:Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Access to Encryp... by Crito on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @06:59PM (#9848695)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act
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