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Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod
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Any explanation Mr. All-Knowing?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae...gs_(journalist)
You say things aren't like that here. Then well... what are they...??
You went to MIT for your Masters degree in Counter-Terror special operations Daywolf? Oh you didn't.
The former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism for the United States government did though, and he says "Its like that here." in regards to the Michael Hastings situation. I think I'll take his word for it, no offense pal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Clarke |
You asking me? You cut the paragraph leaving only the premise. I seemed to already have answered, in short.
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Originally Posted by Daywolf
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Here, well is a whole other can of worms of course. All kinds of batshit crazy stuff on paper, just not widely enforced.. yet. Partly, yes.
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And what I mean by widely enforced, is such as for example under martial law with gun confiscations
such as happened during Katrina. Well not "martial law" but martial-law-like (just as much as we don't "declare war"). It was an unlawful and unconstitutional act to confiscate guns during the episode.
Now it didn't happen nationally, only in a smaller regional location (part of my above point). We haven't gotten to that point yet, not as Japan is currently. In our case, as the above article shows, these things are tested in regional areas (my spin: "test") but then it's pushed back against and thus is not lawful to do any longer ...as it stands.
But in Japans case, any such resistance is put down, on a national level. Not in the case of guns, as that has already been completely taken away. But in the case of freedoms of speech, freedoms of the press, that is being removed in this case, and with consequence of hard prison time if resisted.
You see, a different standard currently. It would be comparable to say that in the aftermath of Katrina, it would be illegal, and nationally, not only gun ownership, but to mention the aftermath of Katrina on the region, punishable by prison time, even though there are people at the time suffering the results of the devastation. Even five (in this case) or ten years later (in katrinas case) to discuss the existing problems or retrospect of what did happen.
And really, in fukushima's case, it isn't just five years ago, this is still happening right now. The huge plumes of radioactive smoke and steam have subsided, but the deadly aftermath has still not been fully contained.
Now, I'm not sure your point about Hastings. I read most of the first wiki link, but you didn't point specifically to anything in particular. I'm not sure if you are wanting me to dig out a point for you? Out of all that, in comparison to what I've been mashing keys about? I don't see it... He was an activist against the surveillance state and then died in a crash. As for Clarke, I have no idea at all... specifically.
I'm not policing the topic, but you gotta make yourself clear if you are deviating somewhere to some other points. My original post is along the lines of the Fukushima aftermath, the attempted cover-up within Japan, a similarity to a situation in the US in which there was an accident and as well a cover-up including prolonged effects on the population. Actively fighting back against such things. And all with an undertone of "don't trust the government" which I could probably attach 100 quotes from US founding fathers in agreement.
Oh yeah, and don't forget one of my very favorite solutions to our current power problems, cold fusion, which I too believe is not really in the interest of powers that be when it comes to population control (my purpose for the geopolitics link). But if I were such a mathematician/physicist/quantum theorist, that would absolutely be my field.
Oh yeah and boobs
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Boobs make everything better. And makes for a nice phone/tablet wallpaper that one, scaled just right either way.