[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 03:43:01AM -0700, Paul G. Allen wrote: >> DJA wrote: >>> Lan Barnes wrote: >>>> Yup. They're joining the ACLU. Two of my favorite organizations. (A list >>>> that the '06 Congress, alas, is not on.) >>> Me too. My other list grew quite a bit longer last week with the >>> passing of the FISA bill: the list of impeachable traitors. >>> >> Including Obama. There seem to be few congress critters that have a clue >> as to what their office is about and what the Constitution really says >> (and if they do, they don't give a damn). > > Let's try to understand *why* FISA supporters think it is a good idea. I'm > not > saying it is a good idea, but, let's try to walk in their shoes..... Pretend > today is the day after Islamofascist extremists have just taken out an entire > US city with an atomic bomb..... > > Would you feel the same way about FISA then as you do now? >
Your question reminds me of a sensationalism-reaction style of "journalism". Perhaps your point is that that's the mindset of supporters? Everything in risk management is a cost/benefit tradeoff and nothing can be decided without estimating probabilities. Would you spend your insurance budget on getting-hit-by-meteorite coverage in preference to uninsured motorist coverage? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
