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In reply to the discussion: Everyone is under surveillance now, says whistleblower Edward Snowden [View all]aikoaiko
(34,214 posts)86. And the jury results are in.....
On Sun May 4, 2014, 02:38 PM an alert was sent on the following post:
Don't lie about what I said.
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"Don't lie about what I said" is hurtful and rude because it is a false statement. NanceGreggs didn't lie about anything, but putting that type of comment in a subject line leaves the impression that NanceGreggs is a liar, which she's not. This is a thread-disrupting tactic that is hurtful and rude and it is a way to avoid discussion by substituting name - calling (liar liar).
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Everyone is under surveillance now, says whistleblower Edward Snowden [View all]
Jesus Malverde
May 2014
OP
I'm guessing the rationalization du jour will be a combination of A and B
Jesus Malverde
May 2014
#3
One day even the white knights with nothing to hide will come around to say no to the STAZI
Jesus Malverde
May 2014
#5
Yep, perhaps they just don't understand the technology employed. It is dangerous to
RKP5637
May 2014
#126
I've been saying every one was under surveillance for the last 40 years. The methods are
kelliekat44
May 2014
#136
And 'National Security' remains the lie to create the fear that creates support for throwing
sabrina 1
May 2014
#10
Lol! So it's okay for the US to do what Russia does now? I'm confused, I thought we didn't act
sabrina 1
May 2014
#12
Whistle Blower Edward Snowden faces the same persecution all Whistle Blowers are subjected
sabrina 1
May 2014
#19
Got anything to refute anything I said? Personal attacks have zero effect on me, I got used to them
sabrina 1
May 2014
#33
Speaking of "personal attacks" all you seem to be doing is telling me what you think I think and
MADem
May 2014
#42
This thread is about a Whistle Blower. Manning too was a Whistle Blower. YOU implied falsely that US
sabrina 1
May 2014
#45
Manning was not a whistle blower, those stolen documents were not read or vetted but given wholesale
MADem
May 2014
#46
Don't try to "guess" what you think people mean--you don't do a very good or accurate job at it.
MADem
May 2014
#61
I've been very clear. I'm not going to play a hypothetical game with dead children,
MADem
May 2014
#63
Oh, fachrissake. What part of Immunity From Prosecution are you having difficulty
MADem
May 2014
#119
Look, he could have gotten immunity without leaving, BEFORE Obama said anything.
MADem
May 2014
#179
Yes. I vaguely recall that when the Patriot Act was being drafted, there was quite a discussion
JDPriestly
May 2014
#108
No, I heard the wind up and the pitch of a tee ball coach, easing the ball over the plate
MADem
May 2014
#110
As I listend, Putin was quite taken aback. He even said something about not understanding the
JDPriestly
May 2014
#111
No he wasn't. Good grief. That pitch was right over the plate and Pootie hit it outta the park.
MADem
May 2014
#118
If any of the Proud Putin Puffer-Uppers would take the time to read those links, their heads would
MADem
May 2014
#25
Why, we don't live in Russia, we live HERE where we KNOW our government agencies are spying on
sabrina 1
May 2014
#29
Not sure where you drew the conclusion that I'm "more concerned about OTHER countries"
MADem
May 2014
#32
We know that Russia spies on its citizens. That is not new. Russia does not pride itself on its
JDPriestly
May 2014
#53
Now that post would make a superb thesis to start a thread... you hit the nail squarely on the head!
MADem
May 2014
#40
Correct me if I am wrong, but Obama doesn't even mention the NSA in that speech.
Vattel
May 2014
#125
I apologize for being unclear. What I should said is that Obama didn't mention the NSA by name.
Vattel
May 2014
#140
NSA isn't "law enforcement" like the United States Marine Corps isn't "law enforcement."
MADem
May 2014
#149
In everything you quoted, there is no mention of a national discussion on NSA surveillance.
Vattel
May 2014
#150
No, I don't agree with you because you keep moving the goalposts all over the field.
MADem
May 2014
#173
I don't agree with that. The "discussion" or "conversation" was already happening.
MADem
May 2014
#180
So you don't agree with me that Obama wasn't talking about the necessity of a national discussion
Vattel
May 2014
#181
The post you quoted is a demand for greater transparency, not the proving of a negative. /nt
Marr
May 2014
#100
That is the point. The specifics of these programs need to be more widely disclosed.
Marr
May 2014
#124
If you disagree that more transparency is needed, you disagree with Obama's public position.
Marr
May 2014
#139
If they use a phone, Verizon et al are 'collecting and storing their data'. So unless people
sabrina 1
May 2014
#15
Those are some radical ideas. Are you sure they didn't come from RT or Al Jazeera?
sabrina 1
May 2014
#31
must be our banks and our phone services who share our phone bill and our bank statements with
Sunlei
May 2014
#72
"But then he hypes it up into tall tales like this that his leaks don't support."
Maedhros
May 2014
#154
I don't think he needs to address all surveillance. That is not where he was working.
djean111
May 2014
#178