[pmiller2]

Again putting words in my mouth, huh? I did not say any such thing. I said that it could benefit "society as a whole." I highly doubt a capitalist society would adopt such a principle. Nor did I say that any country spying on their own people was hypothetical.

If it is "tiring" to attempt to argue with me, it's because I don't fall for your pathetic rhetorical attempts to inflame, and you don't seem to be able to read what I said without making a straw man out of it. Name calling does not constitute argumentation. Do better, please, if you can.

BTW, I am a English native speaker. I truly wish I could get a refund on my English language instruction, and instead have had the luxury of being born somewhere civilized.