BTW, today's daily sage from "the end of the world " - Argentina:
Quinientos treinta y seis by eltopoerudito No hay secretos sino malos inquisidores There are no secrets: just lousy inquisitors. On Apr 19, 2013 5:54 AM, "Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes" < alps6...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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" <jul...@julianoliver.com> wrote: > >> ..on Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 05:27:35PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: >> > From: Lauren Weinstein <lau...@vortex.com> >> > >> > 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 compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > >
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