SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 10 submissions in the queue.
SoylentNews
A suspected Islamic terrorist opened fire at a gay nightclub in Florida, killing 50 people and wounding another 53 before he was killed by police. While authorities continue to investigate to determine whether this man had ties to ISIS, the terror organization has not been quiet in praising the attack. This comes three days after ISIS announced they would attack somewhere in Florida. Today's attack marks the largest act of terrorism on US soil since 9/11.
takyon: The gunman reportedly called 911 emergency services to pledge allegiance to ISIS. The President will hold a briefing momentarily. Compare this article to the original submission.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
Islamic Terrorist Opens Fire on Florida Nightclub; 50 Killed, 53 Wounded
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 434 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
If things don't improve soon, you'd better ask them to stop helping you.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday June 13 2016, @03:02AM
We live in a democracy.
And if that democracy decides to infringe upon people's fundamental liberties in the name of security, then that is an injustice and it must be corrected.
There has to be a balance.
The only "balance" we need in the US is the constitution, which is the highest law of the land. The government should follow it. Of course, it can also be amended if necessary, but since mass surveillance is necessarily unethical, amending the constitution to allow for that would be intolerable.
Whenever someone mentions a mythical, magical "balance" in a discussion like this, what they usually mean is that you should surrender your liberties and forget about a government that follows the constitution. We should evaluate each specific policy proposal to see if it is good or not, not strive to achieve some vague "balance" which usually results in decreased liberties.
Security of citizens is of great importance.
But not as great as freedom, which we should fight and die for.
Terrorists are experts at exploiting the tension between them
Only because so many people are authoritarian cowards.
I believe you've helped to prove my point. You even managed to use the same buzzwords as countless authoritarian 'experts' who appear on media outlets.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 13 2016, @03:32AM
Unless we agree with you, we're spineless cowards who are collaborating the totalitarians.
OK, got it. It's going to be very productive discussing this issue with you.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday June 13 2016, @04:20AM
Unless we agree with you, we're spineless cowards who are collaborating the totalitarians.
No, just cowardly authoritarians. I have no idea if you're directly working with authoritarians who are in positions of power or not.
OK, got it. It's going to be very productive discussing this issue with you.
I don't feel the need to be civil with people who want to infringe upon everyone's liberties. Our goals and values are simply irreconcilable.