If you'd told me...

Jul 09, 2008 15:41

that one day I would be a member of the ACLU and the EFF, I would've laughed in your face. Well... I'm not laughing any more.

Congress has unambigously raped the 4th Amendment in the name of protecting us against terrorism.

I gave $25 to each today. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing."

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shino6 July 9 2008, 23:21:36 UTC
Hmm is that when the Mayans/Nostradamus said the earth would end?

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shino6 July 9 2008, 23:31:18 UTC
Haha... well not to be anal but think we're far closer to fascism. Extreme nationalism. Increasing corporate influence. Sacrificing liberty in the name of security.

Speaking of anime, Shirow's Appleseed projections of America's future used to seem bizarre. Now... unsettlingly possible.

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hamusutaa July 10 2008, 00:02:39 UTC
1985 is meant to be a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual!

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hamusutaa July 10 2008, 17:26:08 UTC
Yes. Yes it is. It is not, no matter what, a finger slip or a typo.

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