Am I the only one that realizes how dumb this argument is?
"We don't need the NSA watching us. We haven't had a major terrorist attack in 12 years. You're more likely to die in a car accident than to die in an act of terrorism. etc."
Um, what if the NSA's spying activities is the reason why we haven't had a major terrorist act? Maybe the NSA is the reason why you should feel safer flying in a plane than by car?
I'm not going to defend the NSA. I hate them. But this popular argument I often hear drives me nuts.
"We don't need the NSA watching us. We haven't had a major terrorist attack in 12 years. You're more likely to die in a car accident than to die in an act of terrorism. etc."
Um, what if the NSA's spying activities is the reason why we haven't had a major terrorist act? Maybe the NSA is the reason why you should feel safer flying in a plane than by car?
I'm not going to defend the NSA. I hate them. But this popular argument I often hear drives me nuts.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
