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When Tocqueville (Democracy in America) came to the US in the 1830's it was to study prison reform for the French government. He wrote about an experiment at a youth reformatory that was run democratically by the inmates. No one ever lost their right to vote no matter what they did, but if you behaved you got two votes and could affect the outcome of decisions more. Apparently this worked very well.

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I responded asking how far it should go. My name is for people like you.

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They could see you from a satellite so you should never go out on sunny days? Where does it end?

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While not being able to opt out is more restrictive, it is probably much quicker, go through or don't fly, done.

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For what possible fucking reason! This is foolishness or possibly a form of mental illness.

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Even if you pay in cash the NSA will get those tapes and know he was at Home Depot. :P

Pretending this is just an American problem actually benefits the US because the info sharing deals will continue uncontested as participating countries are given a pass. Never mind those military bases in Germany or the five eyes. The West is intertwined, hell the whole world is, but deceive yourself if you like.

There has been a noted increase of posts containing "lol" and other indicators of decline.

Edit: If you think posts with lol are a good thing please say why.

Anything is an improvement over unreadable. Can you leave this version on a different url if you decide to roll it back? Thanks.