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I completely understand. If you want to live in a highly controlled police state with curfews then by all means, do so. But can't you respect that some of us don't view the invasion of privacy rights in the name of protection as the highest virtue?
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You keep setting up straw man versions of the oppositions arguments. I'm not sure that the alternative to ignoring strangers in a dark alley is living in a police state. I'm also not sure that I would characterize the whole situation as an "invasion of privacy rights in the name of protection." Nor does it seems that anyone considers it "the highest virtue." If I'm understanding correctly, no one has advocated a complete suspension of privacy rights, just a suspension of privacy rights when you are committing a crime in public.