Sorry guys, we've had to scrap the Constitution because the Guardian uses cookies.

[last1standing]

It was a good run while it lasted but since a news outlet in Great Britain began using cookies to track surfers we've been forced to abandon basic principles of human rights.

I know you'll all understand.

-the administration

[leveymg]

1. It's all the fault of that Greenwald and that Snowden guy! Hate them! Hunt them! Lynch them!

Where's my pitch fork and shotgun?

[last1standing]

2. I have no doubt at all that some of them would.

That is the level of hatred for anyone exposing their hero.

[Rex]

4. There you go confirming that the panda bears on DU

are trying hard to make us all aardvarks! The aardvark agenda clearly makes people question the ants. Military ants.

[BlueJazz]

73. Figures it would be England. I have it from a good source that they are all "Gay"

But you all probably knew that from the way they talk.

[bvar22]

152. They never really Got Over 1776, did they?

Didn't "they" insist that those dirty colonial insurgents turn themselves in for Treason Against the Crown,
so they could stand them up an shoot them?

...and if the colonial insurgents did NOT turn themselves in,
they were COWARDS?


Sounds familiar to me.

[BlueJazz]

154. ..and what's worse (for me) ..my Mother was born in England but I..I guess it's a pain and..

..burden I'll have to live with for the rest of my miserable and ashamed life....

[bvar22]

155. I feel your pain.

We all have our crosses we must bear, no matter how heavy or painful.
I have to drink on St Paddy's Day.
Its not a burden I chose.
It was thrust upon me as an infant.

[WillyT]

3. I Wanted Ponies, But Got Cookies Instead...

[Scootaloo]

6. You want ponies?

There's you some fuckin' ponies

[PowerToThePeople]

18. I always liked the soviet ponies

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There used to be a Poster here on DU that had these videos. It was great.

[Scootaloo]

41. Oh, you mean like this 'un?

[MannyGoldstein]

66. Thanks for this

I can save all of that money I've been budgeting for LSD.

[Scootaloo]

67. LSD is a waste of money in the internet age

[MannyGoldstein]

69. Yes, I've now seen the (undulating) light

And I thank you for it.

[TekGryphon]

142. Hahaha, do you recognize the music?

That's from the sound track of the first Command and Conquer: Red Alert.

Loved that game, and loved the sound track

[99th_Monkey]

5. Makes perfect sense to me

After all, it's not as if that's the ONLY reason the constitution has become passe.

We need look no further than--> Exhibit B - Libertarians LOVING on the constitution, and fighting tooth & nail for it.

What further evidence do we need?

It obviously just creates trouble, by getting the rabble's hopes up over-much.

PS - we may need to reconsider decriminalizing pot too, if those Libertarians keep pushing FOR legalization,
then I must be AGAINST legalization.

[last1standing]

8. I've been holding my breath ever since finding out that Rand Paul breaths, too.

I certainly don't want to do anything he would do. That would be silly.

[MNBrewer]

21. LOL!!!

literally. very funny hehe

[Autumn]

7. WTF. Don't most web site use cookies?

I'm not computer savey at all but I know I have cookies on my computer all the time, because I get the option to delete them. Or is this another cookie?

[last1standing]

10. I always thought so but there you have it.

Since a private company based in another country uses cookies on their website we MUST abandon the Constitution. That's what I was told right her on DU.

[Autumn]

15. Doesn't DU use cookies? I guess I better go through and find out

why some body in another country is up to no good with cookies. Somebody tried to sell you some shit huh .

[last1standing]

17. All the more reason to scrap the Constitution!

If Skinner's collecting meta data then it MUST be alright for the government to do it.

[East Coast Pirate]

22. Yep.

DU watches us with Google cookies. Just like the NSA!

[sabrina 1]

30. Yes, DU does use cookies and you need to understand that this makes it okay for the Government

to spy on the American people. It's a certain kind of logic that, granted, is hard to understand, but to understand why we must give up our rights, you need to know that DU uses cookies. QED!

Does that help you at all?

[last1standing]

33. Exactly! It sort of like how chained CPI will really help seniors.

You don't need to know how it works or why we would propose such a thing. You merely have to accept that we can be trusted to work in your best interests. Even when we go on late night talk shows and lie to you, it's only to keep you safe from the nasty terrorists. Don't you know that?

You don't know how to play twelve dimensional chess, do you?

-the administration.

[Autumn]

34. Since I found the OP that led up to this OP I understand it all.

Sheer fucking desperation.

[kath]

40. Haven't been on DU much today - trying to clean my pig-sty of a house. Could you link to that

OP please? It sounds too good to miss!

[Autumn]

49. I sent you the link

[sabrina 1]

44. I didn't see the other thread, but unlike yourself, I have taken enough reeducation courses to be

able to recognize the 'right' way to see things and think about them. Well, think might not be the riht word, but whatever!

It seems that you still need some more of those reeducation courses. It's disturbing that you still need help to understand these things. I am proud of my success at finally understanding that I don't need to understand anything at all. I need to just 'trust and never verify'.

Lol, I can only imagine the thread that prompted this one!

[Autumn]

51. It was a good one.

I'll send you the link

[sabrina 1]

54. Lol, I found it. Omg, that is a riot!

At least it has some entertainment value you have to admit!

[Th1onein]

96. PUH-LEEZE, Sabrina 1!

The Guardian has unleashed it's cookies on Americans, and plus, it's only metadata and it's been going on for ages, and chess and shit!

DAMN it! Here's a blue link and just SHUT THE HELL UP! http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023477787

[last1standing]

101. It's good to have you on board, citizen.

We'll release your credit reports as soon as we've verified that you still live at [address redacted].

-the administration

[leveymg]

11. Now, THESE are cookies!

Milk . . .

[Autumn]

16. Yes, THOSE are indeed cookies!

And now I want a cookie.

[madrchsod]

31. me want COOKIES!

[last1standing]

35. Then try to start thinking of the NSA as a giant "cookie factory."

Nestled in the clear mountain air of the Utah Rockies, we are a low pollution facility that keeps nearly everything 'in-house.' Our goal is to provide every American with all the cookies he/she can handle at no cost*

-the administration.












*Constitutional rights and personal privacy not included.

[Enthusiast]

138. Not fair! Now I want cookies.

[Kahuna]

139. Yep! Those are cookies alright...

[MannyGoldstein]

63. Not even Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, nor Atilla used cookies

It's too awful to comprehend.

[last1standing]

64. We have text messages from Attilla proving he did indeed use cookies.

But only for recreational purposes.

-the administration

[MannyGoldstein]

68. Oh, *those* kind of cookies

Well sure.

[last1standing]

72. Stalin used borcht and Hitler was deep into the strudel.

Funny enough, Pol Pot was straight edge.

You see, the NSA can be there for all your information needs.

-the administration

[Autumn]

71. Manny be reasonable and think about it,

I trust that Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and Hitler never used cookies. But Atilla? Atilla had to have used cookies. How else could he have twice plundered the Balkans? It had to have been by using cookies.

[MannyGoldstein]

89. Manny? Reasonable?

[joshcryer]

114. LOL, the UK is one of the worlds largest surveillance states.

Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, Atilla, Pinochet, Batista, they would've fucking loved the power of surveillance that the UK enjoys.

Where The Guardian resides.

Where every bit of data is likely being fed back to the NSA or some form at whim.

Puppet state of the US.

[PowerToThePeople]

9. dumping images of my HD and phone sim card out to the net for everyone

links to follow shortly.

[last1standing]

12. Make sure they're date stamped, will you?

It will save us the trouble of analyzing the attached data - which we already have stored in Utah.

- the administration.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. ...

[Demo_Chris]

14. You never LOVED him! :( nt

[last1standing]

27. I was too busy working on the Rand Paul campaign.

You know all of us who believe the founding fathers knew what they were talking about are dirty Libertarians. We used to be dirty hippies but after getting promoted to the Professional Left, we became anti-tax.

[uponit7771]

19. Nah, just don't have full of shit people taking advantage of peoples knowledge of computers to stoke

...fear of "bad gov" and shit

No need to suspend anything

[last1standing]

20. Yep. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Thanks for your cooperation.

- the administration.

[uponit7771]

23. Yeah, there's somethign to see and Obama brought it up a month before SnowGlen but fuck facts what

..do they matter!?

We'll just take what a basher and an idiot say about the whole bit

[last1standing]

24. Don't you mean "Crapper" since you want to play name calling?

Since you want to stoop to childish insults I suppose we both should do it, right?

[East Coast Pirate]

25. It's all lies, lies, lies!

[cantbeserious]

26. Kick And Recommend

eom

[Comrade Grumpy]

28. I got kicked off the original thread about this for suggesting the OP get a life.

Who knew that was a bannable offense?

[last1standing]

29. That's ok, I got kicked off a thread for pointing out that someone posted lies about my posts.

I don't know why it's fine to post lies at DU but not acceptable to point out the lies - even when they're blatantly obvious, but there you have it.

[madrchsod]

32. i use adblock,don`t track me,and mask me....

and i use chrome that has a easy custom and control panel.

tracking surfers? jesus h christ what will google think of next!

[last1standing]

36. We're not tracking you.

We're merely watching over you as you surf for your own protection. You wouldn't want a mean old terrorist poking you on Facebook, now, would you?

Think of us as that kindly old man down the street your parents won't let you visit even though he has all the best candy. You don't have to visit us, we're already here. Isn't that better?

-the administration.

[Douglas Carpenter]

37. well that' what the folks from the CDES say - Committee for the Defense of the Electronic Stassi

[last1standing]

47. That information is classified.

And you already knew about that five years ago. We have your emails to prove it.

Please stand by for a remote controlled visitation.

-the administration

[drm604]

38. What am I missing here?

What does the Guardian using cookies have to do with the Constitution?

In any case, you can delete cookies or even refuse them outright. Just use Firefox with the right plugins.

[last1standing]

46. That's like asking what marmalade has to do with tennis!

The answer should be obvious!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023477787

How can you read that and not understand that the Constitution is now obsolete?

-the administration.

[drm604]

90. Thanks for the link. Now I at least understand the OP.

The browser plugin mentioned in that article, Ghostery, will block tracking cookies, so anyone who's concerned about that type of tracking can prevent it.

As the OP is sarcastically pointing out, the fact that The Guardian uses tracking cookies does not in any way absolve the NSA. I'm not even sure that you can accuse Greenwald of hypocrisy, since he may not even be aware of how The Guardian uses cookies.

[RetroLounge]

39. As long as Obama looks good, who needs a 4th amendment?

makes Sense...

RL

[last1standing]

42. We all keep pinups of him rising slowly out of the ocean in our cubicles.

The first thing each of us sees every morning is that glistening, chiseled, torso dripping with water and sunlight....

*Ahem* Excuse me. Did I mention that a jpeg of Bo is our screen saver?

-the administration

[kath]

55. Wow - you must be psychic! You posted that as I was composing my post asking for the

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dreamy photo!

Best administration evah!!

[last1standing]

57. We found room in the budget for keystroke reader software.

Your tax dollars at work!

-the administration

[kath]

43. He's sooooo dreamy in a swimsuit - someone please post that pic of him body-surfing in Hawaii.

I wanna have a poster of it on the ceiling over my bed.

[last1standing]

48. An image will be emailed to you shortly.

Don't worry, we have the address.

-the administration.

[Demo_Chris]

45. When you surf without cookies you are surfing with HITLER! nt

[last1standing]

50. Or worse, Libertarians!

n/t

[Demo_Chris]

147. OMG!

[MannyGoldstein]

52. Hey, that's my shtick.

With Warm Regards,

Third-Way Manny

[last1standing]

53. You're getting slow, Manny.

You should have been on this hours ago. It might actually have been funny if you had.

[sabrina 1]

56. Lol, imitation is the highest form of flattery. You are the best but this one is pretty good too!

Especially since I just read the original thread and now I understand, DU and The Guardian use Cookies and therefore we need to ignore the Constitution.

It's so simple when you don't let your mind wander, or better yet, if you don't HAVE a mind!

[last1standing]

58. Manny really is the best.

On some of the worst days at DU, it's still worth it to come here and read his threads.

[sabrina 1]

62. I agree. I love some of your own comments in this thread, lol!

[last1standing]

65. Thank you.

I'm trying to learn from the best.

[MannyGoldstein]

60. Oh, this nails it.

And the mockgasm of threads is fitting, proper, and highly entertaining.

[Autumn]

61. Please, don't encourage this.

If the administration and Third -Way Manny were to team up it will break DU.

[sabrina 1]

70. Lol, you mean like a sort of 'bi-partisan' effort?

Wait, it's so confusing. Are they both on the same 'team'? Or is one a Paulbotite and the other the Third Way? What's the difference?

It's all so confusing which is why it's probably best to just not think about it and just agree that we must get rid of the Constitution, it's just a 'Quaint old document' anyhow.

Or was that what Bush said? Because I know we are are not, no way, Bush supporting morons are we?

Lol!

[Autumn]

77. I don't have a clue!! I'm so confused

Paulbots, libertarian and Greenwald, oh my. Yes, let us burn the witch, it's just a piece of god damn paper anyway.

oops, did that last part make me look like a Bush supporting moron ?

[last1standing]

81. Wouldn't it be easier if you spent more time on Facebook and let us handle the thinking?

You can trust us.

-the administration

[East Coast Pirate]

75. Maybe your maid said you were out

so he jumped on it. Or he thought you said he could be the Boy Wonder. Or maybe he imagined that. Being delusional is in now.

[last1standing]

83. Ok. You had me at Boy Wonder.

I have to admit, I LOVE the shorts.

[NealK]

59. Roflmao!

That thread is hilarious.

[last1standing]

74. We aim to please.

Now stop browsing for porn and finish that email you were writing to your Aunt Louise. Our records show she hasn't heard from you in two weeks.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

76. I've seen some stretches

here on DU, attempting to connect the dots - dots that are literally light-years apart, and have absolutely no bearing on each other whatsoever.

But I must applaud this stretch as being one of the most imaginative I've seen here in a while.

It is at once laughably absurd, and ridiculously transparent in its rather idiotic attempt to somehow rally the usual suspects into communal laughter - even though they don't get the joke.

And therein lies its pitiable magic - for those who really don't know that the quarter was in Uncle Bob's hand all along, and didn't actually come out of their ear.

[last1standing]

79. Exactly right! Don't try to connect the dots, or to look behind the curtain.

Certainly no one at DU ever suggested anything so silly as this thread suggests.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023477787

Certainly no one would ever equate a private company's business practices in another country with our government's requirement to follow our Constitution.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023477787

Of course there's absolutely nothing to see here. Everyone should start minding their own business and let us mind that you're minding.

We need more agents *ahem* right minded citizens such as yourself.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

91. The thread you've linked to

points out the fact that "The Guardian embedded 27 tracking bugs inside Greenwald's article."

Hey, facts are facts. And that particular fact shouldn't be surprising to anyone who is even remotely aware of how the internetz works.

However, trying to turn that fact into the notion that "since a news outlet in Great Britain began using cookies to track surfers we've been forced to abandon basic principles of human rights" is as ridiculous as it gets.

The idea that you don't even realize how ridiculous it is - well, that speaks for itself.

[last1standing]

92. Which is why we must destroy the Constitution.

Thank you for understanding, citizen.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

97. The word salad you've posted

has nothing to do with the Constitution - in fact, it has nothing to do with anything.

"We've had to scrap the Constitution because the Guardian uses cookies."

Is that actually supposed to mean something?

Oh, and just as a side note - your signing of your posts as "-the administration" is not only indicative of your political and personal immaturity, it is demonstrative of your complete inability to add two and two - and come up with anything less than eleven.

[last1standing]

98. The administration apologizes for your dislike of us siging off as "the administration."

-the administration.

[Summer Hathaway]

99. Oh, puleeze ...

Go back to connecting the dots between The Guardian using cookies and Americans being forced to scrap the Constitution as a result thereof.

That premise is at least entertaining. Your tinfoil-hattery, on the other hand, is - well, okay, that's pretty entertaining, too!

Either way, you're laughable - and you don't even seem to know it.

[last1standing]

100. We know we're laughable, citizen.

It has definitely become a cruel joke, hasn't it?

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

102. The cruelest joke of all

is when someone thinks the world is laughing with them, because they are too stupid to realize that the world is laughing at them.

[last1standing]

103. Again we agree, citizen.

You're batting 1000 tonight.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

104. I didn't mean to interrupt

your intellectual analysis of how we've had to scrap the Constitution because the Guardian uses cookies.

It's such an astute observation - I'm rather surprised that you didn't expand on your hypothesis.

[last1standing]

105. Always good to have right minded people like yourself onboard.

We've seen how you support the administration at all costs and greatly approve.

-the administration.

[Summer Hathaway]

106. Oh, please, oh, please ...

Don't be like all the rest - those who, when challenged, change the subject.

I am fascinated with your notion that The Guardian using cookies means we are being forced to scrap the Constitution!

You seem to believe you've "connected the dots" to prove your assertion. DO GO ON.

[last1standing]

107. There are no "dots," citizen.

And we have no idea of these "cookies" you speak of. We're not even here, ourselves.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

111. Have you ever played "peek-a-boo"

with the toddler seated in front of you on a long flight?

You tire of the game at exactly the point you realize that they're willing to play for hours - and hours, and hours, and hours.

I kind of feel like that now.

[last1standing]

112. We appreciate you playing the game citizen.

We hope it all makes sense, now.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

122. I am too busy for games, citizen

I am busy knitting shrouds.

[last1standing]

123. Better than knitting brows.

We prefer you not worry - unless we need you to worry, of course.

Remain blissful.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

126. Sorry

I'm not the type who worries on command. Or in lockstep.

[last1standing]

127. Of course you're not.

By the way, we need to close a dozen or so embassies for a month or so because of TERROR!!!!!!

Not to worry you, of course.

-the administration

[Summer Hathaway]

130. No need to close embassies

to invoke the specter of TERROR!!!!! here on DU.

You need only to plant the idea that the Big Bad Gov't is reading all of your emails, is listening in on your phone calls, and is reading your thoughts as you type them.

Mayhem will inevitably ensue.

It's a show that has its moments - but overall, it lacks credibility, the plot is weak, and the characters are one-dimensional and buried under worn-out cliches.

[last1standing]

131. That's what we've said from the start.

Thank you for your help in spreading the non-word.

-the administration

[NealK]

133. This citizen is sure a clever one.

We indubitably need more like them, they raise the comedic value of the site. I will now be on my way to get a new keyboard.

[joshcryer]

136. You should see my PMs from the OP.

You'd get a real laugh out of them.

[last1standing]

149. If he was one of us, he would have.

-the administration

[SidDithers]

151. Nailed it...nt

Sid

[sabrina 1]

87. Oh I don't know, I think everyone gets the joke, and it was quite a joke, don't you agree?

[joshcryer]

109. Active measures.

[ProSense]

78. Firefox browser to move ahead with ‘Do Not Track’ option

Firefox browser to move ahead with ‘Do Not Track’ option
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023047818

[last1standing]

80. It doesn't matter how many doors get slammed in your face.

So long as you hold the key.

-the administration

[ProSense]

82. Are cookies good, bad or benign? n/t

[last1standing]

84. They're tasty.

That's all you need to know, citizen.

-the administration

[ProSense]

85. LOL!

I suspect the outrage over cookies doesn't mean people want to "scrap the Constitution," huh?

[last1standing]

86. Nobody 'wants' to scrap the Constitution. It became unworkable when the Guardian used cookies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023477787

We didn't want to have to abandon over 200 years of basic human rights but you can see now that we were forced to do it.

Damn that Greenwald! He destroyed America!!!!!!!!!

-the administration

[ProSense]

88. I don't think that lame conclusion can be attributed to the linked post.

Nope.

[last1standing]

93. Absolutely not. Let's all go back to liking kittens on Facebook.

Thank you for your support.

-the administration

[ProSense]

94. Apparently, the OP claim fell off the track.

Snark FAIL.

Wonder why?

Firefox browser to move ahead with ‘Do Not Track’ option
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023047818

[last1standing]

95. Definitely! We couldn't agree more.

Thanks for pointing it out. There is nothing to see here. This thread never even happened.

-the administration

[MrMickeysMom]

117. ...

[MrMickeysMom]

116. ...

[MannyGoldstein]

141. When did you become a cheerleader for Scalia?

Clearly, the Founders did not anticipate cookies. So unless you believe that original intent argle-bargle, the only reasonable conclusion is to put into place a few common-sense measures to ensure our freedoms, including scrapping the Constitution.

Make No Mistake... Only by scrapping the Constitution can we strengthen the Constitution.

[joshcryer]

108. Corporate datamining propaganda.

Long live the corporatocracy!

(And yes, this is my single biggest issue with the Paulites, because they simply are for the greatest surveillance state known to man.)

Can't I be against corporate spying and government spying?

[last1standing]

110. You can but we'll have to record that - for your protection, of course.

Sure some would say that it just might be better to limit spying by corporations as well as the government but doesn't that sound difficult and time consuming? wouldn't it be better to let us take care of everything for you? Wouldn't you like more time to spend with your family on Skype?

-the administration

[joshcryer]

113. No worries, I expect to be on a list.

Unlike cowardly Libertarians who can't actually stand for anything and deflect and infiltrate progressive circles in order to mislead and divide and conquer.

Corporations are the ones who need to be limited because they're the ones who infiltrated the government. NSA is 75% corporate controlled. Make them liable, make them have to come clean, the lawsuits will be enormous. But oh no, Obama voted for FISA, giving telecoms immunity. But we forget about that and pretend like we didn't know that our politics are infiltrated from the top to bottom by corporate lobbyists and their lackeys.

[last1standing]

115. How can you say the NSA is infiltrated by corporations?

We haven't even gotten our AT&T logo T-shirts in yet.

-the administration

[joshcryer]

118. Security corporations lobbied to work for the government.

The requisite politicians were convinced by the lobbyists that said corporations would do the government some good. This is why 75% of NSA operations are outsourced by corporations.

And it's why 60% of Booz Allen employees voted for FISA voting Obama.

[last1standing]

119. That information is not true.

And even if it were, it's classified.

And even if it wasn't classified, the number is more like 72% so you must be derided as a liar and we will need to suggest that you're a traitorous hypocrite with a stripper girlfriend.

All in a day's work.

-the administration

[joshcryer]

120. Yeah, the Libertarians would protect corporate secrets.

[last1standing]

121. Our data shows that Libertarians would only protect the data until a better offer came along.

It also shows that Hoffa is buried under a mountain of irony.

-the administration

[joshcryer]

124. When you are a monopoly there is no better offer.

[last1standing]

128. At that point we go global.

And after that, INFINITY... AND BEYOND!!!

-the administration

[joshcryer]

135. 147 companies control 40% of global wealth.

We're almost there!

[last1standing]

150. And we are very glad you continue to ignore our syping.

Not that we're spying. We're only looking out for your best interests - one IP tracker at a time.

-the administration

[joshcryer]

156. The UK showed its level of spying today, actually.

I don't have to ignore it, they'll make it known.

And they'll laugh about it because they know they'll get a pass when corporations (edit: like The Guardian, with its tracking cookies) do it for them.

[Le Taz Hot]

129. "It also shows that Hoffa is buried under a mountain of irony."

I have NEVER said this on DU before: DUzy!!!!

Perfect response!

[HooptieWagon]

125. Epic thread.

Almost as good as the Moscow street map showing Pres Maduro's flight to Bolivia.

[LittleBlue]

132. You perfectly demonstrate

how ridiculous their arguments are.

It makes you wonder whether they do it knowingly or whether they truly are that ignorant.

[last1standing]

148. Thanks. :)

These people aren't even trying to win on logic, they're just trying to beat us down with propaganda tactics. Diversion, lies and dehumanization is all they have.

You can't discuss issues with people who don't really care about the issues. All you can do is expose them to daylight.

[Pholus]

134. Dang! Trying to take this all in, I am simply in awe. I am unworthy.

Making not one, but two high profile interlocutors walk away muttering (while softly crying to themselves).

This was a work of art. Thank you!

[joshcryer]

137. Name them?

Or are you too cowardly to do so?

I personally do not like to be in the presence of "interlocutors" if someone can legitimately provide data to prove their status.

[Pholus]

140. Cowardice? I think not. That's simply not good manners.

And, I believe, grounds for an alert.

What has you so upset about my usage of the term "interlocutor?" While there may be other accepted definitions, my usage merely represents a person who takes part in a conversation. A conversationalist.

Unlike some parties, I am not even redefining an existing term to mean something else entirely, something actually completely opposite.

Oh you know, like the terms "collect," "relevant," "content," "Surveillance" and "Conversation" for starters.

[Divernan]

143. Outstanding OP & thread!

[Zorra]

144. Finally! A logically indisputable justification for blanket NSA surveillance.

This'll shoul silence those dirty liberal racist traitor Paulite Greenwald worshiping Snowdenistas once and for all.

[woo me with science]

145. Bwah!

I was waiting for this smackdown. Kudos to you for coming through!

[Douglas Carpenter]

146. finally you understand that!

[woo me with science]

153. kick