The danger is that we’ll miss precursors of the hammer falling (Italy is fingerprinting gypsies again, for example) in the noise of vague “this is like Nazi” grumbles.

I think Nazi Germany is too important a warning of how bad the darkness can be to use lightly. People like Glen Beck hurt our ability to see it coming.

Why do people Godwin?

Because the world is moving rapidly toward totalitarianism and those who aren’t willing to look at recent history for examples are idiots.

 Only really young people don’t see the similarities. People born in the WWII era are old enough to have heard of, or read about, the events in Germany as described by people who lived through it.

School children today read only a very sanitized version of events as compared to what I was taught as a child. I had several neighbors who survived the camps, and many relatives who fought in Europe who would sometimes slip into morose recounts of what they saw in Germany.

Justice Douglas O. Williams said,

“As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.”

There are so many things wrong that have been going wrong for so many years. When the hammer falls, see if you feel like making some snide Godwin remarks, then.

“I’m not nearly as dangerous as I had hoped I would be.”

So, is anyone working on steganography for Tor streams?

Every new morning is just gravy.

I would wholeheartedly agree with “if you’re not doing anything illegal, law enforcement should not put up posters telling people to be suspicious of you”, though

Unless you think you should only investigate terrorism post facto.  If so, make a stand, run for congress on that, see how far it gets you.

Want an amazing way to spot a potential terrorist?  See if they are talking to an FBI informant.  The FBI has yet to stop a terrorism plot they weren’t behind putting into motion.

Someone needs to make this into a poster. 

They’ve written a big, impactful headline saying “terrorist”, a list of suspicious behaviour, a number to call to protect America, and then at the bottom they’ve said “you know, actually possibly not a terrorist after all”.

The only proper response to someone telling you that only the guilty want privacy is “sure, you first”.

Well, that is true.

Also true: “Non TOR users might be terrorists”

WHY?

Why do people Godwin?

*headdesk*

In a country there Sikh’s were killed after 9/11 because the “looked” the part, creating this type of hysterical we all have to be on guard against what could be completely innocent things is going to lead to something bad.

How do we expect them to know if someone is going to bomb making sites?  Should we be looking over shoulders or just running wide open logging software so those logs can be turned over by a good citizen?

“It is important to remember that just because someone’s speech, actions, beliefs, appearance, or way of life is different; it does not mean that he or she is suspicious”

You should see how well that works when someone is confronted with someone who “looks” Muslim in this country.