America: The Safest Country On Earth!
from the liberty-through-security dept
The United States is officially the Safest Country on Earth. Surveillance = safety, we've been told and, quite frankly, no other country feels as safe and secure as America does right now.We've worked hard to achieve this status, but a half-century of increasing domestic surveillance has finally paid off. This past decade's unprecedented surveillance escalation pushed us over the top. It was difficult and it didn't make everyone happy, but no one can argue with the end result: Safest in the World!
But we don't want the rest of the world to feel this near-invulnerability is unachievable. There are many perfectly acceptable countries out there, some we call allies, some we call lifelong rivals, and some, like Russia, that we're not really sure what to call. Occasionally friendly rival? That girlfriend you keep going back to, thinking this time it will be different, but it never is?
We want all of these countries, especially our allies, to feel as safe as we do. If there's one thing we want, it's to spread the American way of life around the world. McDonald's! Coca-Cola! Eurodisney! David Hasselhoff! We're all of these things and so much more!
Right now, we have more safety than we can use and we're willing to share that surplus by setting up our (proudly made in the USA)
Just a cautionary note: you may notice that your citizens are not accustomed to being 100% safe, so it's not unusual to expect something akin to an allergic reaction or a donor rejecting an organ, only with more pithily worded signage and the occasional overturned police car. Don't be alarmed. With the proper amount of time and escalating obfuscation, your country should return to normal over the next 6 months - 10 years.
Also be aware that your newly-installed safety may provoke jealous reactions from neighboring countries, especially if they haven't yet experienced this sort of omnipresent security. They may become diplomatically abusive or threaten to tear up trade agreements. Again, this is perfectly normal. Just remember this: they hate you (and us) for our safety.
Here in the US, we have been fortunate to achieve ultimate safety via ultimate surveillance. Our all-encompassing data harvesting has created a virtual protective dome over our great nation. No longer do we fear the threat of terrorism. In fact, we welcome it! Many of our nation's politically and tactically important structures have had major facelifts in the form of large painted targets on all exterior surfaces, along with the phrase "Bring it!"
The administration, along with officials from various security agencies, have said there is no perfect balance between safety and privacy. We'd like to think there is -- 100% of your privacy in exchange for 100% safety. Some very recent setbacks have kept us from reaching this goal, but we will continue to work tirelessly towards it.
The United States: land of the safe, home of the Whopper.
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Didn't Egypt just go through some of this allergic reaction recently?
Maybe we should take notes.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/24/usa.comment
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Unless Techdirt is going for a "Friday Squid Blogging"* vibe here, I'm sorry to say that this article is simply stupid (yes, yes, I'm an AC, my opinion is as valuable as spit, but still...).
* see Bruce Schneier's blog
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Not to be all up on Tim's nuts or anything. I mean I am sitting in the bushes outside of his house, but that's just a thing I do. Also, you should see what this guy throws out, I mean the alter is looking pretty, pretty good these days.
Also you really need to eat more fruit, Tim. It's like a burger king packaging facility exploded over here.
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Tone Of Comments Affects Articles' Perception.
* PLS upvote comment so OP can see it.
** I don't think TD will ever attempt a form of squid blogging.
*** Most humor writing (or attempted humor, according to each beholder) is at least slightly masturbatorial.
**** One someone comes up with some sort of chargrilled fruitburger, I'll switch.
***** As they say: "Laugh and the world tells you how much you suck. Cry and you'd better just get off the goddamn internet 'cause it's not going to get any better."
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Okay, with two prior not understanding either, I declare this STUPID!
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....that may be relevant to your understanding of the above article.
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This error is logged for information only. There is no more information on this error.
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Tim Cushing modern day Jonathan Swift
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Here's a translation via Google of what Tim said in Spanish
9800 Savage Rd
Fort Meade, MD 20755
Your introductory package includes more than 400,000 phone lines pre-tapped, along with a variety of user data completely search from a variety of Internet services such as Facebook, Google, Yahoo! and Bing! Each package guaranteed to contain at least one (1) randomly inserted premium compromised account, drawn from a selection of neighboring heads of state! Act now! Supplies are limited to a number of assorted selection.
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Umm...
Oh wait, I already have it included... thanks America!
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It really makes me lose faith in the human race. I'm sure most people will understand the implications eventually, but I'm so sick of watching our species get punched in the face and always having to learn lessons the hard way.
I guess it's just inevitable, but it's painful to watch over, and over, and over again.
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The U.S.A. have a long way to go before achieving such levels of security. Still, it's encouraging to see efforts are underway to accomplish such.
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USA safest country on Earth?
Try this one. "Global finance magazine"
http://www.gfmag.com/tools/global-database/ne-data/11941-most-peaceful-countries.html#axzz2 pTnWwq97
You will have to scroll to the bottom of the list to find the USA.
The USA is ranked at number 88. Below the UK and Australia at 29 and 22 (don't those guys have gun control?) Countrys like Croatia and Estonia and even Botswania have a higher rating then the USA. The USA is a couple of places above Bangledesh, congratulations on that.
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USA safest place on Earth?
I didn't read past the first few lines at the top of the page. I thought you really were some deranged Gun nut that thinks the USA is the safest place on Earth.
I found you through a search "USA safest place on Earth" I couldn't find ANYBODY, that thought that the USA was a safe place.
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