Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 02/01/2014 11:06 AM, Warp wrote:
> > It's not the individual actions, or their frequency, that give a vibe
> > of a police-state-like system, it's the fact that they mostly can do
> > it with impunity. Most of the abuses go unpunished, either because
> > the authorities are unwilling to investigate or, in the worst case,
> > because nothing illegal was actually done.

> I think that you go a bit too far saying that America is a Police State.
> You say that it has a high level of abuse and corruption. But that 
> doesn't make it a Police State.

"It's not the individual actions, or their frequency, that give a vibe
of a police-state-like system."

Please read what I wrote. I said that the US feels *like* a police state,
and the reason was not the *frequency* of the abuse, but the *reaction*
of the government and officials to it.

> Lots of 4 am knocks on doors, makes for a Police State.

How about people, especially if they are not white, getting regularly
stopped by police simply for walking on the street?

> As for surveillance, Britain probably has the most in Europe and I don't 
> hear us being called one, often.

"Other countries do it too" doesn't diminish the severity or meaning.

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                                                          - Warp

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