[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by bobnot

They cant treat people like terrorists just to catch the tiny tiny few that are.

Trillions are spent on "The war on terror" despite the facts.


– You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack

– You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack

— You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane

— You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack

–You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack

— You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack

– You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack

–You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack

–You are 9 times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack

–You are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist

–You are 8 times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack

– You are 6 times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/04...han-terrorism/

Imagine if that money was spent on the top two of that list.

But spying on a person is different from treating them like a terrorist.

I don't think if american stopped spending money on defence that it would go into fighting illness. The US is not some altruistic country, it's a business.

[billy123]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

But spying on a person is different from treating them like a terrorist.

I don't think if american stopped spending money on defence that it would go into fighting illness. The US is not some altruistic country, it's a business.

Then what is wrong in a citizen spying on its elected goverment if its ok for an elected goverment to spy on its citizens?

Nobody suggested the money would be spent on those things.

I feel sad that we have reached a point where people dont object to their rights being infringed.

Jesus has a way of putting it far more politely than i can.

[GypsyGoth]

Originally Posted by bobnot

Then what is wrong in a citizen spying on its elected goverment if its ok for an elected goverment to spy on its citizens?

Nobody suggested the money would be spent on those things.

I feel sad that we have reached a point where people dont object to their rights being infringed.

Jesus has a way of putting it far more politely than i can.

But what rights are being infringed? If an organisation can sift through all the online info and then figure out who is against their country, what is so wrong with that?

And I've no objection with people monitoring the activities of government. But a government wouldn't be able to function if everything they had to do was cleared by some court. I think it's a necessity that they're able to go above the law if need be.