tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post951708497479955390..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: SURVEILLANCE AND THE GARLAND SHOOTINGS: SPOT THE DISCONNECTSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-42528022126524874442015-05-07T08:58:15.737-04:002015-05-07T08:58:15.737-04:00This is propaganda through manipulation of words.
...This is propaganda through manipulation of words.<br /><br />These guys talk or write as if cops or air marshals or FBI, alerted by surveillance, stopping an attack counts as "preventing an attack," but cops or others stopping an attack on their own does not.<br /><br />So nothing counts as preventing an attack if surveillance is not used.<br /><br />So only surveillance can prevent an attack.<br /><br />So if we want to prevent attacks we need to use surveillance.<br /><br />And if we want to prevent <i><b>more</b></i> attacks we need to use <i><b>more surveillance</b></i>.<br /><br />Get it?Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-77085921612499337342015-05-07T08:48:55.943-04:002015-05-07T08:48:55.943-04:00The Garland attack was terrorism and it was preven...The Garland attack was terrorism and <i><b>it was prevented</b></i>.<br /><br />The two guys went there to kill as many civilians as possible inside at the event. <br /><br />When they got there, reportedly, there were some 200 attendees on site.<br /><br /><i><b>The two guys were prevented from killing any of the attendees, and indeed anyone at all, by a traffic cop.</b></i><br /><br />If he had not been on the spot there were lots of other cops and hired guards on hand to do the job.<br /><br />McCain is a bed-wetter and a warmonger.<br /><br />Somebody needs to point out to him that there is NO kind of surveillance that can "prevent any attack."<br /><br />And, uh, in Garland the attack <i><b>was prevented</b></i> by a cop on site, reminding us all why we want even traffic cops to carry guns.Philo Vaihingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150326435392881297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-81891565530102471402015-05-06T12:15:26.701-04:002015-05-06T12:15:26.701-04:00McCain says "the kind of surveillance" t...McCain says "the kind of surveillance" that might prevent such things, meaning possibly stopping this ridiculous mass collection of data and moving to collecting data on those who are already known problems. <br /><br />If the NSA is busy reading my email (and this post) they have an excellent chance of missing it when some nutjob with a problematic history announces on Facebook he's going to hose down a bunch of other morons. <br /><br />How anybody thinks the current system can in any way prevent the things everyone seems to think it does is beyond me.RAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665876778934188426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58294038126656718262015-05-06T12:03:40.428-04:002015-05-06T12:03:40.428-04:00"Do we favor surveillance technology because ..."Do we favor surveillance technology because it's sexy and seems powerful? Or because it makes lefties and civil libertarians howl?"<br /><br />Oy.<br />I'm so damn old, I remember when it was conservatives who didn't want surveillance!<br /><br />I remember arguing, back in the 70's, with conservatives, because I was FOR a national ID chip.<br /><br />And they were right (correct!) - for one of the few times - and I was wrong!<br /><br />The problem isn't finding a needle in a haystack.<br /><br />If you capture everyone's communications, the problem is to discard whatever hay there is, and prioritize the remaining needles.<br />Not an easy task, that..........<br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com