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zxcvcxz ◴[] No.10563707[source]
I've seen a lot of HNers suggesting that we must over react and ramp up the war on terrorism. I'm all for cutting off immigration, but how will ramping up the wars do us any good? I don't see how another ten years "fixing" things is going to work.
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x1798DE ◴[] No.10563774[source]
How will cutting off immigration do anything? I think it's important to realize that this is something that happens and that you don't necessarily have to do anything. If you get a cold, you don't quarantine your block and divert your life savings to rhinovirus research, you just deal with it and try and take sensible precautions about hygiene.
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greedo ◴[] No.10563964[source]
Equating this with a cold virus is the height of imbecility. Governments have a responsibility to protect their citizens. The scope of this protection is up for debate, but ignoring it is not a choice that most citizens will tolerate.
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1. andreasvc ◴[] No.10564222[source]
It wasn't equated. It was mentioned as an example of something that is practically impossible to eradicate. Accepting this is better than for example sacrificing all of our civil liberties in exchange for security theater.