Why is it that any time government takes over something for a few years, its assumed that people are too incompetent to do it for themselves?
Julian SanchezIt is no response to assert that the Patriot Act has been useful; what you need to explain is how any particular safeguard would have so diluted investigative powers that it would have frustrated an investigation and created a security harm outweighing the benefit to civil liberties. If you'd rather trade scary stories, that's fine too - just let me know so I can buy a bag of marshmallows before our next round.
Julian SanchezIf it were really the case that terrorists "hate us for our freedoms," we'd be getting more popular with Al Qaeda every month.
Julian SanchezIt is the idea that all order must be explained by a functioning mind at the helm, not its denial, that has the closet affinity to the religious instinct.
Julian Sanchez