Comments for turnings :: daniel berlinger http://turnings.phrasewise.com passions :: perfections :: peoples :: stuffs Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on President Obama’s Dragnet – NYTimes.com by Daniel http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/11/president-obamas-dragnet-nytimes-com/#comment-4931 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:57:25 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4261#comment-4931 No arg. So let them limit who they’re tracking to folks they already know are involved and that should lead to people they suspect are involved and etc. Not absolutely everyone for no reason at all.

]]> Comment on President Obama’s Dragnet – NYTimes.com by gerry http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/11/president-obamas-dragnet-nytimes-com/#comment-4930 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:16:40 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4261#comment-4930 Again I completely agree except that certain people need to be killed, like Bin Laden.

]]> Comment on President Obama’s Dragnet – NYTimes.com by Daniel http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/11/president-obamas-dragnet-nytimes-com/#comment-4929 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:12:01 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4261#comment-4929 My concern is the circumvention of the American system of justice. And that they guy who promised change, meant change for you and me. Not for him. He knows better than guy he was berating a few short years ago.

]]> Comment on President Obama’s Dragnet – NYTimes.com by gerry http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/11/president-obamas-dragnet-nytimes-com/#comment-4928 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:05:20 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4261#comment-4928 Once again I have some mixed feelings. I believe to my core in the American system of justice. That said I’m glad they got Anwar al-Awlaki. He needed to be killed.

]]> Comment on Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’ by Daniel http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/10/why-privacy-matters-even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/#comment-4927 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:13:30 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4259#comment-4927 No more than everything else, which is apparently what they are doing. Hi kids!

]]> Comment on Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’ by gerry http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/10/why-privacy-matters-even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide/#comment-4925 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:51:51 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4259#comment-4925 And BTW they’re probably reading this, I think the NSA is awesome.

]]> Comment on Verizon and the N.S.A.: The Problem with Metadata : The New Yorker by gerry http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/09/verizon-and-the-n-s-a-the-problem-with-metadata-the-new-yorker/#comment-4923 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:24:21 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4257#comment-4923 Stopped trusting the government a long time ago, long before Watergate even. The Gulf of Tonkin incident decided it for me (Wayne Morse voted against the resolution, which passed 99-1 and was called a traitor — turned out to be a hero), but I’m still conflicted. I’m waiting for some more definitive information about the subway plot but in any case I’ll lean towards safety (against most of what I stand for).

]]> Comment on Verizon and the N.S.A.: The Problem with Metadata : The New Yorker by Daniel http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/09/verizon-and-the-n-s-a-the-problem-with-metadata-the-new-yorker/#comment-4922 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:45:06 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4257#comment-4922 The thing is, when it comes to stuff like this I don’t trust any government. This one hasn’t proven to be any better than any others.

As for the Subway plot… doesn’t seem to be the case: http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/06/08/NY-Times-A1-Story-Wrongly-Credits-NSA-s-PRISM-for-Foiling-Zazi-Case

An in general, the world is dangerous place. And I totally get the desire for greater safety. It’s what drives government. But, this policy has so many side effects… and more and more in the future. Privacy is already threadbare. This wipes it out.

]]> Comment on Verizon and the N.S.A.: The Problem with Metadata : The New Yorker by gerry http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/06/09/verizon-and-the-n-s-a-the-problem-with-metadata-the-new-yorker/#comment-4921 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:58:17 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4257#comment-4921 I’m conflicted about this. The importance of privacy is obvious to me. (What if people I don’t trust win future elections.) However having sons who ride the subways all the time and this policy having foiled the subway bomb plot ………….

]]> Comment on Lance 3.0: Lay down your cudgels, please | Cycling in the South Bay by gerry http://turnings.phrasewise.com/2013/05/30/lance-3-0-lay-down-your-cudgels-please-cycling-in-the-south-bay/#comment-4900 Thu, 30 May 2013 18:59:49 +0000 http://turnings.phrasewise.com/?p=4255#comment-4900 All I can say is this is funny and so true.

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