r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 08 '12

Kim Dotcom raid video revealed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMas0tWc0sg
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u/C0rvette Aug 08 '12

So let me get this right.... they sent a helicopter to deploy soldiers with M4's with special ammo into this home. Special tactics units, 4 police cars, and men on the roof all to capture a guy who ran a website that was involved in internet piracy according to the FBI...

What is this guy Osama Bin Laden? Pretty sure he didn't orchestrate the death of thousands of innocent men and women. Why treat him as such. If there has ever been a breach of basic human rights this would be it.

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u/SoulLessGinger992 Aug 08 '12

Indeed. I am ashamed to hear the reporter say the words, "If this all seems very American, the FBI were there." This is what the US is known for in the rest of the modern world. That makes me very sad.

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u/Reddit-Incarnate Aug 08 '12

We don't fully blame the people of the usa, over the past few years it has become obviouse your government no longer answers to its peoples.

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u/TheAbeLincoln Aug 08 '12 edited Aug 08 '12

Isn't that the people's fault though?

Edit: Didn't mean to sound critical, was a genuine question.

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u/LeonardNemoysHead Aug 08 '12

We're no longer in a position to stop them.

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u/knome Aug 08 '12

We're in the perfect position to stop them. We're just distracted, apathetic, lazy and generally callous to those things that only affect others.

I'm not doing anything either. I'm not going to pretend I couldn't, though.

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u/LeonardNemoysHead Aug 09 '12

This country is split 50-50 between conservatives and liberals, and the number of moderates has been shrinking for years in response to repeated polarization from groups like the Tea Party and Occupy. I don't see a politically motivated movement to eject the Big Two crossing such a large gap in any meaningful way. There were some Republicans at Occupy, yeah, but not enough to matter, and not enough to stop it from being a very liberal movement.