Chomsky, "Obama determined to demolish the foundations of our civil liberties."

mikepegg44

Halifax2TheMax said:

I agree that the question posed in 2006 was much more sinister than that of 2013. I have visions of a darkened room with guys with headsets listening in on phone calls versus servers collecting zillions of phone numbers dialed into a searchable database. Which one is more disturbing and/or a violation of you right to privacy?

Peace.

I think they are equal. If they couldn't tell what was going on with "metadata" then they would listen specifically to people, which I still believe they are doing after reviewing the data they do have. For people to think they just stopped is kind of naive and way too trusting of an entity that doesn't deserve it.

It is sad to me that civil rights and possibly approving of violations of them comes down to which team a person is on...can't we once all agree that Americans deserve to be treated with decency and respect by our government...no matter who they are.

I found their distinction between what happens when they say do you and would you in their questions was pretty interesting as I have never really thought about it that way.