Okay, I my previous parody of a news story about the U.S. gov’t targeting anyone with non-mainstream religious belief was supposed to be over-the-top and dystopian.
However, Cnet news today had a piece on directions the government is taking to combat terror by policing the potential hotbeds of terror. It seems there are those in the government of this fair country who get together in secret little meetings and make guidelines (rules come later?) about stopping homegrown terror. We should all, apparently, be concerned about the following dangerous things:
- anyone with an “extremist belief system”
- anyone who believes that “the U.S. government is infringing on their individual rights”
- anyone who believes that “the government’s policies are criminal and immoral”
- the internet (because it facilitates violent ideologies and because it “allows anyone to set himself or herself up as an authority figure.”)
I guess that last one chaps the hides of the folks who are annoyed that they already have too much competition for the title of “authority figure.”
I have got to get my dual Canadian citizenship going. You Canadians seem to be losing your civil rights at a slightly slower pace. I’m tellin’ ya, sometimes I think we’re about 3 friggin’ baby steps away from totalitarian rule disguised as homeland security.
Say, I think I’ve figured out the problem. It’s all because the government is infringing on my individual rights. Why, it’s not too much to say that some of the current governmental policies are downright criminal and immoral. I invite all like-minded individuals to use this here internet to facilitate a discussion of these radical ideals. After we have a few meetings, we’ll set one of us up as an authority figure. Doesn’t matter who. Pretty much anyone.
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