According to research coming from the Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the sources of "domestic terrorism" - not "the arab kind" - has been alarmingly on the increase: hate & extremist groups!
http://www.splcenter.org/what-we-do/hate-and-extremism BTW, I read recently that all this government video-surveillance is one of the "boom industries" in China. Now US companies would be able to sell their "tried & true" technologies to your "friendly local police". CISPA may be seen as just "Internet surveillance on the cheap", without the need for additional public investment. Same justification as video-surveillance. On Apr 18, 2013 11:46 PM, "Julian Oliver" <[email protected]> wrote: > ..on Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 05:27:35PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: > > From: Lauren Weinstein <[email protected]> > > > > And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys > > rear their ugly heads > > > > "We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now" > > > > http://j.mp/14A4fY1 (Slate) > > > > "Cities under the threat of terrorist attack should install networks > of > > cameras to monitor everything that happens at vulnerable urban > > installations. Yes, you don't like to be watched. Neither do I. But > of > > all the measures we might consider to improve security in an age of > > terrorism, installing surveillance cameras everywhere may be the best > > choice. They're cheap, less intrusive than many physical security > > systems, and-as will hopefully be the case with the Boston > > bombing-they can be extremely effective at solving crimes." > > > > - - - > > > > This kind of misguided and factually vacuous proposal is more > > dangerous to freedom than all the terrorism on the planet. > > > > ... and at worst breeds violent frustration at home, as people feel > increasingly > unable to engage elected civil administrators in transformative > conversation > about these issues. People /feel/ threatened by impositions such as these > for a > reason - I've had two conversations of the sort here in Buffalo within as > many > days of arrival. These locals feel their own government no longer defends > their > basic human right to privacy (as if today's CISPA vote wasn't harsh > enough). > > Regardless, it's worth noting the U.S has seen steady decline of terrorism > on > home soil since 1970. Curious that the general opinion is that terrorism > is on > the rise here: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/16/us/Decades-of-Decline-in-Attacks.html?ref=us&_r=0 > > Who knows how long that will last, given the increasing conscription to Al > Qaeda, or any armed resistance, as direct result of drone attacks on > sovereign > soil abroad. > > Here's the case of Yemen alone, a country that (like Pakistan and Somalia) > the > U.S isn't actually at war with: > > “These attacks are making people say, ‘We believe now that al-Qaeda is on > the > right side,’ ” said businessman Salim al-Barakani, adding that his two > brothers > — one a teacher, the other a cellphone repairman — were killed in a U.S. > strike > in March." > > > http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-05-29/world/35456187_1_aqap-drone-strikes-qaeda > > You can call the Yemeni tribesmen referenced in the article 'terrorists' > as a > result of their conscription. You can also call them very frustrated and > desperate people whose children are terrified of the U.S and can't sleep > due to > the buzzing - and statistically inaccurate - killing machines flying above > their > homes. > > Cheers, > > -- > Julian Oliver > http://julianoliver.com > http://criticalengineering.org > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
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