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The idea of the Panetta leaks were to promote a positive view of the US war on terror.

Speaking of Zero Dark Thirty: I always wondered about the relation between its director Kathryn Bigelow and Robert Bigelow. Is there a connection?



So? The seemingly random enforcement of laws is a hallmark of dictatorships.


  A walrus eats food. Obama eats food. Obama is
  therefore a walrus.
Can you find the flaw in this logic?


  Your neighbor committed a crime. Hitler committed
  a crime. Your neighbor is literally Hitler.
This is your analogy.


I'm responding to someone that was indirectly saying:

  - Dictatorships randomly enforce laws.
  - The US Government is randomly enforcing laws.
  - The US Government is therefore a dictatorship.


The US is acting dictatorial.


So...

  - A walrus eats food.
  - Obama eats food.
  - Obama is acting like a walrus.
The real issue is that the idea that only dictatorships have some selective enforcement of laws is unsubstantiated.


So...

- A grocer who uses plastic bags within the city of Seattle is breaking the law

- A mass murderer is breaking the law

- A mass murderer is acting like a grocer who uses plastic bags within the city of Seattle

Magnitude matters.


Oh god, so he is a walrus..


no, but I can find the flaw in your analogy.


Only insofar as it is the hallmark of government.




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