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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]mercymechap
(579 posts)being able to locate terrorist groups is way far more plausible with the data being collected than the scenario you mention, being trapped in a situation where you appear to be guilty when you are truly innocent. Sure, no one can deny that such situations do happen, and they are unfortunate, but they are not as common as the fact that we know there are many terrorist groups living right here in the US who wish to do Americans harm, and who are plotting on a daily basis on how to do it.
Our freedom has been diminished by the mere fact of the time we are now living in. Gone are the days when we didn't have to worry about people carrying bombs into planes, plotting to do mass killings at schools, or at marathons, or driving trucks with bombs, exploding them in front of government buildings. If one such attack can be curtailed, it is worth giving up that bit of freedom.
This gathering of information has been going on for years, and to date, it has not affected me one bit. Maybe I'm not like right-wing conservatives who see the government as the Big Bad wolf trying to eat them. Your right to be free and not be scanned at an airport does not supersede my right to make sure that no one boards the flight with a bomb on their person.