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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 8:54 pm
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birdstrike
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Originally Posted by flyinbob
Never.

On an issue of "security", they have 2 choices. Do something or do nothing. Doing nothing carries less risk, because if they do something and something bad happens, it will be their fault and used against them.
That is an outdated answer. The same thing could be said about Communism, yet McCarthy was eventually taken down.

someday soon the upside of doing something will outweigh the minimal benefit of doing nothing.

I'll bet on Texas.
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