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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 8:28 pm
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Originally Posted by star_world
This is pure hyperbole. "walls of Cancerous Death"? Please. No matter how many times you repeat these types of highly misleading comments it does not increase the level of validity and credibility contained within them.
You are, of course correct. And I treat a lot of skin cancer these days from people who have done not much more than lay on the beach in their younger days without sunscreen. Until the full details and dosimetry are public knowledge, I think I'll just call them job security.



Originally Posted by star_world
...and this is an even more concerning comment. Why are you singling out US citizens here? Are you advocating two security lines at airports - one where the prized US citizens can walk freely though, and another where everyone else can be subjected to whatever process the US government chooses?
Yes.

Originally Posted by star_world
US citizens are arguably a higher risk because they are already afforded far more protections by the government when it comes to surveillance, monitoring, searches, etc. compared with non-US nationals so less is known about what they are doing.
Which is precisely what our founders had in mind when they drafted and initially amended the Constitution.
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