FBI brands internet privacy as terrorism.

[Something Amyss]

They sound like a spoiled kid who's lashing out when mommy took their SOPA away from them.

http://publicintelligence.net/do-you-like-online-privacy-you-may-be-a-terrorist/

Flyer included in the above link!

Not sure if literate.

Sorry, but they didn't brand internet privacy as terrorism. They indicated that in an internet cafe, overt concern about privacy (in this public setting) might be an indicator of suspicious activity.

Of course, if your intent was merely to rile people up, you succeeded. If you legitimately believe this, though, I am seriously concerned about your comprehension skills.

 

[Jegsimmons]

Terrorism: noun; The act of using fear and violence to achieve ones (usually political) goal.


GET IT RIGHT GOVERNMENT!!! ITS NOT THAT HARD!!!!

 

[Something Amyss]

This is the dumbest thing I've heard all weak, no, make it all month.
I hate it when someone says "when you don't do anything illegal, then there is no reason why we shouldn't be allowed to monitor your every move"
it's just stupid and horribly flawed logic.
What would they say if I just put cameras everywhere in their house? they don't have anything illegal, so it's not bad is it?

Won't even start on the use of the word "terrorist".

Just curious, did you actually read the flyer? It's nowhere near as sinister as you make it out to be.

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

Also,

Huh... ok then i want full access to everything that FBI passes through the internet, every single email and memo they send

if they dont do that, they are terrorists by their own standards

This is the best rebuttal I've seen in awhile.

 

[Erana]

Or I grew up with an incredibly intelligent and passive aggressive father who could anything as leverage to fuck with us, as well as a mother with trust issues because of her parents, then my father...
And then my health issues, which often manifest themselves as super PMS, and my PMS involves feeling paranoid.

No, I'm not plotting the downfall of the US, I'm just coping with a deep seated fear that someone IRL is going to find out that I have +7000 posts on a gaming website.

Edit: 8000? Jesus Christ...

This is the dumbest thing I've heard all weak, no, make it all month.
I hate it when someone says "when you don't do anything illegal, then there is no reason why we shouldn't be allowed to monitor your every move"
it's just stupid and horribly flawed logic.

And throw in some mind readers, and then you have one of those personality quiz questions from The Elder Scrolls.

 

[him over there]

This country has truly lost its fucking mind.

"Terrorism" and "piracy" have become the new "communism"; a blanket term for someone doing anything the government doesn't like, a scare tactic to try to shock people who don't jump when they say so into line. And now it's actually gone so far as to put that mindset toward people who want some privacy. "Guilty until proven innocent" has truly become the prevalent mindset.

Put another way, "Go fuck yourselves, FBI."

Oh how pathetic that they've been using the "looming threat of terrorism" as a scare tactic, How can people be so ignorant and not realize this? I think we should put together a study to figure out if the american government is responsible for the majority of terrorism in the US.

 

[A Satanic Panda]

Gee, look at the time. 1984 already.
[sub]if someone here knows who said that you'll make me a happy panda.[/sub]

So does this mean that the US government is going control crazy again like back in the Cold War? Or legitimately scared that they really pissed its people off?

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

This country has truly lost its fucking mind.

"Terrorism" and "piracy" have become the new "communism"; a blanket term for someone doing anything the government doesn't like, a scare tactic to try to shock people who don't jump when they say so into line. And now it's actually gone so far as to put that mindset toward people who want some privacy. "Guilty until proven innocent" has truly become the prevalent mindset.

Put another way, "Go fuck yourselves, FBI."

Oh how pathetic that they've been using the "looming threat of terrorism" as a scare tactic, How can people be so ignorant and not realize this? I think we should put together a study to figure out if the american government is responsible for the majority of terrorism in the US.

I don't know if it's gone that far, but I'd wager with a relative certainty that our government has gone out of its way to shake people up more than anyone in the middle east could ever dream to. Even what they've ascribed to them was ridiculously suspicious; we can't even be sure Bin Laden as he was presented to us actually existed.

Seriously, these last few years have had "shady movie villain" written all over them when it comes to how the American government has been behaving. It's become surreal.

 

[Vausch]

McCarthyism for the modern age |D

 

[EternalFacepalm]

I'm using an anonymous username, obviously I'm a terrorist because I don't want the entire world to know exactly where I live.

Also, aren't these bills actually terrorism themselves? They're threatening essentially everyone, labeling them terrorists, to make them cooperate - that is the exact definition of terrorism. By now I shouldn't be surprised by USA's hypocrisy, though, should I?

It's been over 10 years, guys. Get over it. Grow the fuck up and stop this redundant paranoia and fear-mongering.

Huh... ok then i want full access to everything that FBI passes through the internet, every single email and memo they send

if they dont do that, they are terrorists by their own standards

More proven hypocrisy

EDIT: After reading over it closer, instead of skimming, I found this hilarious:

Download content of extreme/radical nature with violent themes.

People, if you're watching something violent, you're a TERRORIST!

 

[Murais]

Can someone PLEASE kick my country in the dick? Because this is starting to get old.

 

[neverarine]

lololollolololol

"Communicating through a PC game" makes you a potential terrorist....

realy? any credibility this government used to have is officaly gone...

 

[him over there]

This country has truly lost its fucking mind.

"Terrorism" and "piracy" have become the new "communism"; a blanket term for someone doing anything the government doesn't like, a scare tactic to try to shock people who don't jump when they say so into line. And now it's actually gone so far as to put that mindset toward people who want some privacy. "Guilty until proven innocent" has truly become the prevalent mindset.

Put another way, "Go fuck yourselves, FBI."

Oh how pathetic that they've been using the "looming threat of terrorism" as a scare tactic, How can people be so ignorant and not realize this? I think we should put together a study to figure out if the american government is responsible for the majority of terrorism in the US.

I don't know if it's gone that far, but I'd wager with a relative certainty that our government has gone out of its way to shake people up more than anyone in the middle east could ever dream to. Even what they've ascribed to them was ridiculously suspicious; we can't even be sure Bin Laden as he was presented to us actually existed.

Seriously, these last few years have had "shady movie villain" written all over them when it comes to how the American government has been behaving. It's become surreal.

Oh I know, just wait until they unveil the new metal gear prototype at the arms expo.

 

[Major_Tom]

Silly FBI. Oh, by the way, have you found the Zodiac killer yet? No, still nothing? Well, I can't say I'm surprised.

 

[Kizi]

Is this a joke?
*checks date*
Damn it.

I'm going to build an underwater city free from all this crap. Call me up for citizenship.

 

[Caligulove]

No wonder they want to censor the internet.

All part of trying to make people believe that censoring their right to information is not only in their interest, but is for their own safety. Anyone who still wants some privacy or anonymity in their day-to-day lives on the internet cannot be trusted. They could be making some sort of "computer simulation" of a plot to bomb New York- like that one time on CSI! Or looking at child porn! like that creepy IT networking nerd from Law & Order SVU!

Everyone seems to be towing the line that privacy is creepy, and that 9/11 made everyone, potentially, your enemy.

 

[jpoon]

My god what a bunch of fucking bullshit! The only real terrorists in the US are the fuckers now residing in washington. They are fucking over MANY more lives than terrorists ever could. Someone needs to make and release flyers showing people how to identify and protect themselves from government snitches.

Sorry to tell you this US gov, but a total of about 15 people have died from terrorism in western civilization over the past decade, yet you are wasting BILLIONS of dollars "protecting" us from them (by stripping us of our god given fucking inalienable rights). You are a waste of time, a waste of money, and terrorism as we now know it is almost a complete fabrication.

 

[Esotera]

If you don't let us label you as a terrorist, the terrorists win!

OT: something has seriously got to change in the next decade with politics, because it just seems like too much stuff is building up at once (corporate lobbying, draconian detention laws, censorship, excessive privatisation, and very high youth unemployment round the world). Maybe revolution, maybe politicians will just stop & start listening (more unlikely).

 

[jpoon]

If you don't let us label you as a terrorist, the terrorists win!

OT: something has seriously got to change in the next decade with politics, because it just seems like too much stuff is building up at once (corporate lobbying, draconian detention laws, censorship, excessive privatisation, and very high youth unemployment round the world). Maybe revolution, maybe politicians will just stop & start listening (more unlikely).

It's no joke when Alex Jones claims that they are turning the earth into a prison planet. The documents and ridiculous bills are there, most people just refuse to believe it.

 

[Drenaje1]

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I very honestly would like to get the hell out of this country as soon as humanly possible. Before it gets any worse. Because it IS going to get worse.