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70. Seems like they did not try very hard...

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 OP

K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #1

We did raise this ahem... problem, with Congresswoman Davis nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #4

Oh, geez, back with the STASI railsback Jul 2013 #2

You *DO* realize this is at ComicCon Aerows Jul 2013 #174

The Obama STASI spies on everyone railsback Jul 2013 #181

I think that you need Aerows Jul 2013 #183

Comparing this to the Stasi is offensive to anyone whose ever lived under the Stasi. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #3

So let me see nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #5

I don't have to agree with surveillance or hyperbole. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #6

what's offensive is universal surveillance reminiscent of the stasi. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #9

+1 000 000 000 for your excellent smackdown of the Stasi apologist. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #18

Stasi apologist?! You guys are hilarious. I'm Russian. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #24

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #34

No comrade, this "police state" lunatic rhetoric ONLY holds water.... pasto76 Jul 2013 #37

Well, then, that certainly explains a lot about your charming personality. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #62

Don't know what that means. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #75

Hey, that's much better. Far less hyperbole, more nuance. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #22

Amen. Aerows Jul 2013 #176

You got the photos there, go argue with them nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #10

Those guys don't have a nefarious plan, they're just doing their jobs. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #20

All last a sensible post in this thread of ridiculous hyperbole. n/t FSogol Jul 2013 #25

Really? So you think San Diego PD and Harbor Police nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #26

They were caught by surveillance cameras on Lord & Taylor. Also, JaneyVee Jul 2013 #30

Look at the photo of those guys IN UNIFORM nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #31

40 years ago at the county fair questionseverything Jul 2013 #131

Compare and contrast nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #141

"...they're just doing their jobs." Most brutish employees of the State are. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #27

We talked to the local PD IC nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #29

Its Comic Con, what on earth were you protesting? 7962 Jul 2013 #108

I wasn't. We were there as *press* doing out jobs. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #120

Good lord, you had your hands full! 7962 Jul 2013 #154

"...they're just doing their jobs." RetroLounge Jul 2013 #35

Of course they are "just doing their jobs". And if their "jobs" requires they spy on rhett o rick Jul 2013 #39

Hate the ideology, not the workers just earning a paycheck. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #74

Totally disagree. Morality should win out over a paycheck. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #79

Equating torture to some guy on the beat earning a paycheck is a stretch. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #82

When you said, "those guys" I understood it to mean those guys spying on us. The specific guys rhett o rick Jul 2013 #85

the stasi had foot soldiers too. without foot soldiers the machine stops. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #129

This message was self-deleted by its author Agschmid Jul 2013 #72

What is offensive is the government that the taxpayers matthews Jul 2013 #19

If something were to happen at Comicon those guys would be JaneyVee Jul 2013 #21

"If something were to happen...." The Universal Excuse for the Surveillance State. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #28

bullshit. Its called responsible management pasto76 Jul 2013 #43

Across the street, the ambulance is staged 30 seconds from it nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #52

Blah de blah blah. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #161

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas. nt matthews Jul 2013 #56

More to the point, why attack or detract-from someone's post 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #44

My wife lived under the Stasi... defacto7 Jul 2013 #49

And those regimes didn't have sophisticated face recognition technology BlueStreak Jul 2013 #38

BINGO nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #41

"Illegal" is such a harsh word BlueStreak Jul 2013 #63

We still have time nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #64

I can't remember the name of the program, but I read somewhere that govt. agencies were tapping... rwsanders Jul 2013 #167

Well, that's proof positive the DHS isn't tapping into CCTV Brother Buzz Jul 2013 #184

No, what's offensive is the shredding of our former Constitutional protections, and the rampant... villager Jul 2013 #7

+ My Household. n/t truedelphi Jul 2013 #135

It's not offensive to me and some of the people I know. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #13

It reminds me a lot of the dictablanda I grew up under nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #16

Now, now! You know that those of us that have actually experienced these things hobbit709 Jul 2013 #17

Since Nine Eleven, I have known at least truedelphi Jul 2013 #136

Just thought you'd stop by with a few nice words for the OP. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #32

Well there is this famous line from a certain movie nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #33

Exactly. Because we have to arrive at our destination... ret5hd Jul 2013 #36

Never lived under the Stasi lofty1 Jul 2013 #61

No it is not and I personally know that for a fact from someone who DID live under the stasi. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #104

Oh give me a fucking break. backscatter712 Jul 2013 #107

No matter how bad it gets, some will still say "their not like the gestapo at all, rwsanders Jul 2013 #168

Pretty much Aerows Jul 2013 #178

The analogy is apt. Universal surveillance is the common characteristic. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #124

Sticking your head in the sand is also offensive. nt Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #132

We are at the very beginning of what is being planned. Scoff if you want to - truedelphi Jul 2013 #134

A few years back I brained stormed a book plot with my writing partner... Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #8

They had adds for SHIELD throughout nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #11

Cool Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #12

Do not ask me, we were chasing other things such as John Lewis nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #15

A few more years on this trajectory and those story notes could earn you a visit BlueStreak Jul 2013 #40

Terrorists know better than to mess with the nerds. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #42

One of the projected heroes Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #57

What was the motivation for detonating a device at the Boston Marathon? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2013 #65

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Jul 2013 #14

K&R 99Forever Jul 2013 #23

This is what to expect...... DeSwiss Jul 2013 #45

"They" think they are the "Cool Dudes." KoKo Jul 2013 #46

The Stasi? treestar Jul 2013 #47

look closer limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #97

Maybe. The one on the right says "police" and has a different insignia treestar Jul 2013 #111

Trying to understand what your point is but I can't figure out what is the point of your post. limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #114

I'm sort of laughing at the OP treestar Jul 2013 #116

Right, and none of that would ever be necessary because there would never be a situation pnwmom Jul 2013 #48

Several points nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #54

the person with the camera could be a member of the DU photo group treestar Jul 2013 #88

something to keep in mind lofty1 Jul 2013 #80

Time to resurrect the term "Jarheads". Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #50

Is this comic con? Agschmid Jul 2013 #51

The privacy release to comic con and news media nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #53

You have more energy and patience than I ever would trying to point out the simply obvious rwsanders Jul 2013 #55

Hey when you get the photos they still argue nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #58

No it's a case of "I don't understand your OP"... Agschmid Jul 2013 #68

My eyes are open... Agschmid Jul 2013 #69

No I get the 4th amendment... Agschmid Jul 2013 #67

good bye nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #77

Makes total sense for you to ignore someone... Agschmid Jul 2013 #81

LOL. I was going to ask the OP wtf she was talking about, then remembered... Hekate Jul 2013 #86

Thanks... Agschmid Jul 2013 #87

Well done! Hekate Jul 2013 #90

That might explain why the posts get loonier and loonier treestar Jul 2013 #121

you simply pointed out truth sad-cafe Jul 2013 #102

nothing new I've been photographing the photogaraphers for years olddots Jul 2013 #59

They tried to get people not to photograph them nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #60

Seems like they did not try very hard... Agschmid Jul 2013 #70

i dont get it Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #66

Welcome to the CT/woo section. Agschmid Jul 2013 #71

huh? Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #76

Ok... Agschmid Jul 2013 #78

much obliged Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #83

Transmitter? The guy with the garden hat, white gloves (eczema?), big camera? Viewfinder? Hekate Jul 2013 #89

i see Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #92

"the complexity of the world around her!" treestar Jul 2013 #122

i am all but positive i am still on ignore ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #147

I wanna know why someone thinks a belt buckle is a D-ring carabiner? FSogol Jul 2013 #118

Love the pics Nadin! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #73

One of them is mine nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #94

I liked your OP. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #95

I know, did not intend to sound brash nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #98

I know. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #99

So let me get this straight... Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #84

Shorter OP: some dude wore a funny hat to Comic-Con, which proves that democracy is dead. geek tragedy Jul 2013 #91

+1 n/t Agschmid Jul 2013 #93

She has many sycophants, apparently. LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #153

+1 n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #96

+1000 n/t zappaman Jul 2013 #100

+100000000000000000000000 sad-cafe Jul 2013 #103

Amen: Crap like this makes DU dumber. FSogol Jul 2013 #109

Some have to feel they are in the middle of great historical drama! treestar Jul 2013 #112

At least they weren't North Koreans or Cancer-causing Wind Turbines. FSogol Jul 2013 #115

.... treestar Jul 2013 #117

Kim Jong Un wouldn't cancel Comic Con, but all the comics would be about him. FSogol Jul 2013 #119

Just got back from a work out and visit to convenience store treestar Jul 2013 #130

During lunch, over on route 50 by the circle, there was a member of the Stasi FSogol Jul 2013 #133

What's next? LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #155

Oh, she already did the "Your TV is watching You" one. A couple of months DevonRex Jul 2013 #172

The OP'er has in fact opined that they ARE watching us through our tellys�. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #175

i was waiting for 6 ft of hail myself... nt ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #148

+1000 Bobbie Jo Jul 2013 #123

Yes. Posts like this make me miss the unrec button. intheflow Jul 2013 #125

What's hilarious is that she's surreptitiously taking photos of a crowd and private citizens, geek tragedy Jul 2013 #126

.. intheflow Jul 2013 #127

bingo Kali Jul 2013 #156

This and Skidmore Jul 2013 #163

You are absolutely KILLING this thread. THREAD is now OVER Number23 Jul 2013 #169

Valid. Agschmid Jul 2013 #170

Probably a wind turbine supporter to boot! Rex Jul 2013 #137

hahahahahaha Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #139

k&r avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #101

To start with, them boys ain't right Mopar151 Jul 2013 #105

You have to admit GObamaGO Jul 2013 #106

Standard issue for SD lifeguards nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #113

Nadin - how did attendees know that you weren't an undercover cop? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #110

The Stasi didn't need to film. Progressive dog Jul 2013 #128

Forgive me, I am often slow LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #138

Who knows Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #140

It was not denied nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #142

What was not denied? LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #144

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #145

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #146

LordGlenconner... ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #149

Thanks for the clarification LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #150

hey! you made it... ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #160

You go personal...you go to ignore. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #151

Well ta-ta LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #152

You have indeed been granted a boon in that you'll not be addressed DevonRex Jul 2013 #157

hell I actually AGREE with her sometimes Kali Jul 2013 #164

I have on a couple of specific things. But i won't tolerate the rudeness or DevonRex Jul 2013 #165

well she just got locked out of this thread Kali Jul 2013 #166

I can't believe the hosts voted to leave it... Agschmid Jul 2013 #171

The Stasi? Really Nadin. There is security at every large event. MineralMan Jul 2013 #143

After the Boston Bombing, who the fuck needs SECURITY, RIGHT NADIN?????? DevonRex Jul 2013 #158

but you know full-well those Stasi were there to photograph all ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2013 #159

Yeah! I bet they had super duper implant shots to put GPS in people's skin. DevonRex Jul 2013 #162

Is that at ComicCon? Aerows Jul 2013 #173

Yes it is. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #177

Well let's just bash Aerows Jul 2013 #179

I wasn.t bashing it. I liked the OP. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #180

Well, my nerdiness came out then :D Aerows Jul 2013 #182