ubertuber

I've felt for some time now that, as a matter of practicality, we ought to be extending what we see as basic rights to non-citizens and even enemies far more scrupulously. I'm not talking about services or things like that, but rather legal protections, etc... In a black-and-white sort of way I see where you are coming from Ustwo (I think), but I think going down that path is digging the hole faster than we're filling it in. In my mind, public opinion in other countries (whether justified or not) is a problem that we should be concerned about. Being "right" is no help when people are still getting angry enough to do us harm.

Obviously you don't agree with that line of thinking. Do you feel that we can simply catch bad guys quickly enough to disrupt threats, or is there some other cause/effect relationship that I'm not seeing?

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