On 02/01/2014 12:11 PM, Warp wrote:
> "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 did read what you wrote. I was replying to the subtext.

> 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?
>

That is racism, Police State-ism (;-) )applies to the majority of the 
state. Not just a few ethnic groups.

>> >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.

A sentence can be more than the sum of the words.

Your point is not the point that I was making. Not in the slightest degree.

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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