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by Datsundere 4682 days ago
I disagree with that statement. It's possible that he hasn't lost someone close in any kind of traumatic event that makes him so optimistic about it. Human nature compels people to want revenge or hatred towards say the same (religious) groups that the "terrorists" were from. This is very evident post 9/11. People hated muslims, destroyed their properties and discriminated them.

I think it's not time to be so care free. We don't even understand the universe yet. Of course I don't want survellience, but there has to be a requirement for saftey, and yes if that means putting bad people behind bars and make society advance faster so that we can colonize other planets, and understand how everything works better. There needs to be more scientists and engineers not more thieves.

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Nobody has problem with putting bad guys into prisons. All civilized societies do this.

What I/we have a problem with is that everybody is treated as guilty, spied on etc.

This becomes even bigger problem when you consider that most governments consider anyone that is not with them to be their enemy. So in essence If you don't 100% agree and support government you are an enemy and then anything goes (spying, dronestrikes, ...).

Additionally I am not American, I don't even get a vote, but i am beeing spied on, and If I make to much fuzz them might decide to drone me. (As far as I know they haven't killed any EU citizens, but I doubt they would think twice). They also keep expanding who they go after, first it was just the Al Kaida and other terrorist, now its pretty much anyone USA doesn't like. So to put it bluntly I as a EU citizen am far more scared of USA than Al Kaida.

Are you serious? Despite the 1% spending to aid, US gives more aid to developing countries more than any other nation. You're scared because if you make a fuzz they'll drone you?

People that didn't like obama talked bad(even death) about him when he first became the president, they're still alive.

I don't support what the NSA is doing by spying on everyone but detaining someone of probable cause is necessary for saftey measures.

According to your view, US should've nuked North Korea already by now.

of course, hide and downvote without giving an argument. This is not different from the freedom you want oh wait