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bemildred

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22. Well yeah, like we are always under dire threat, and yet also well protected.

Reply to smknz (Reply #15)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 05:33 PM

Jun 2013

Constant paranoia is a strange form of "security" in my view.

I think "security" means the right to go about your business unmolested and in full control of your own affairs. When you have to hire security consultants, you are already insecure.

We seem to think "security" means hiding in a closet eating Cheetos and watching TV while somebody else "protects" you, and meanwhile monitors all of your activiites in case you turn bad on them.

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And neither was the hacking of the Chinese when the Chinese president was meeting with still_one Jun 2013 #10

He's after all of them, the MIC, not just the NSA. bemildred Jun 2013 #12

Perhaps still_one Jun 2013 #13

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Welcome to DU and enjoy your visit with us. nt MADem Jun 2013 #20

Well yeah, like we are always under dire threat, and yet also well protected. bemildred Jun 2013 #22

Wow... xocet Jun 2013 #17

IIRC, John used to work for Allbright--he knows his way around the international aspects. MADem Jun 2013 #21

Those points are ineffective - the first one constitutes an argument from authority (a fallacy), and xocet Jun 2013 #27

Excuse me? Are you talking to someone else? MADem Jun 2013 #31

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