What's almost certainly reassuring about this is that this is a sign too much attention has been coming on this issue. AKA The general public is beginning to give a shit.
This seems at least as likely to be the point of concern as the public caring about it. The public has hardly cared about the NSA spying, at least not enough to lift a finger in protest about it.
Most people I talk to say the same thing, something like this: well, the NSA spying seems a bit extreme, but there are dangers out there, and what do I have to fear from the government anyway they're not interested in me, so this is all probably helping to keep me safe.
Their line of reasoning always starts out with concern and fades into some version of a shrug (meant to say: what can one do anyway).
I suspect it would be much the same with the stinger & local police issue.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 27.7 ms ] threadMost people I talk to say the same thing, something like this: well, the NSA spying seems a bit extreme, but there are dangers out there, and what do I have to fear from the government anyway they're not interested in me, so this is all probably helping to keep me safe.
Their line of reasoning always starts out with concern and fades into some version of a shrug (meant to say: what can one do anyway).
I suspect it would be much the same with the stinger & local police issue.
he said, struggling valiantly to keep a straight face.