Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Call the wambulance!
More dumb commentary on the "OMG, people are actually paying attention to our protests? UNFAIR!!!" lawsuit.
The anti-war activities "seemed so far afield from collecting threats to military bases," [ideological ambulance-chaser Lisa Sitkin] said.
When anti-war protesters freely admit that their goal is to sabotage military efforts, you can't really complain when the military keeps a suspicious eye on them.
In March, the student government had approved a resolution "condemning the immoral occupation of Iraq and banning the presence of military recruiters (on campus)," [fake student Matthew Taylor] said. However, the resolution was ignored by the administration and recruitment continued.
Ignored by the administration? It seems that a full story would include the minor detail that it was the student government that was ignoring the fact that they had no authority to ban recruiters from campus.
The DOD's spying on the students is part of the bigger picture where citizen rights have been under attack over the last few years, Taylor said. "They don't want anyone who speaks out to be heard."
Ah, yes, our rights under attack. Which rights? When haven't we been able to speak out? Come on, those are real questions, so they won't be asked.
Not only do such counterintelligence activities violate privacy rights, they are counterproductive, [ACLU lawyer Schlosberg] added. In casting a net "far too wide and not delineating between peaceful protests and acts of terrorism, they end up overwhelming law-enforcement officials," he said.
Privacy rights? We have rights to publicly protest the government, yet still expect privacy? And, again, these groups have threatened acts of terrorism. If the government doesn't keep an eye out for people before they do terrorism, there isn't going to be much prevention. And then we'd hear the same people bitching about how Bush failed to prevent terrorism.
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