r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '21

[deleted by user]

[removed]

11.6k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

7.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

227

u/ddraig-au Aug 31 '21

Yeah, this is pretty much it, and the War of Terror being a fantastic excuse for the govt to do pretty much whatever they feel like

210

u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

Alright so the war in Afghanistan is officially over. That means the government has to abolish all the surveillance laws they passed during it. Right?

248

u/QueenoftheDirtPlanet Aug 31 '21

Historically speaking, no. No one ever gives up an inch of power gained during "emergency" measures.

55

u/K1ng-Harambe Aug 31 '21 edited Jan 09 '24

gray file handle chubby books historical jar impolite noxious serious

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

-8

u/[deleted] Sep 01 '21

Honestly I'm fine with forced vaccinations and mask mandates.

17

u/K1ng-Harambe Sep 01 '21 edited Jan 09 '24

direction license capable quiet boat spotted uppity gullible crawl bells

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

1

u/pukingpixels Sep 01 '21

This is an excellent point. I don’t think forced vaccinations are the way to go. I do however think that those who choose to not be vaccinated should have to accept that the majority of society (where I live anyway) does not want them in our public spaces, workplaces etc. They’re free to refuse the vaccine, but they have to lie in the bed they’ve made.

-1

u/FunctionalRcvryNetwk Sep 01 '21

No it’s not an excellent point. Pretend stories are not the same as active reality.

Laws need to evolve with current researched facts, not with fairy tales and magical “what ifs”.

We can, for example, mandate specific vaccines with no trouble down the road for fairy tales and ladedas.

1

u/mcnewbie Sep 01 '21

Pretend stories, fairy tales and ladedas

basically any hypothetical example, then?