Also, France has pervasive mass surveillance; didn't catch January attacks or yesterday's. Time to try something new.
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Replying to @tommycollison
@tommycollison that... conclusion doesn't follow. Maybe they just need more/better?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@collision better mass surveillance surely is something new? I just meant that our existing policies evidently aren’t working.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tommycollison
@tommycollison@collision Evidently not sufficient to prevent all. But antibiotics are pretty good despite not preventing all infections.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @patrickc
@tommycollison@collision I'm not much of a believer in mass surveillance. But failing to prevent an attack doesn't by itself prove much.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @patrickc
@patrickc@collision I’m totally aware of my ra-ra-activist-college student vibe, but I’m not calling for an end to surveillance, I’m (1/2)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@patrickc@collision I’m calling for an end to surveillance that evidently doesn’t protect us. (2/2)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @tommycollison
@tommycollison@collision Totally, I hear you. But I think it's more subtle: let's end everything whose costs outweigh benefits.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@tommycollison@collision And I think failing to prevent this is data to feed into our weighing -- but not in itself logically dispositive.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@tommycollison *Everything* we do as a society to prevent this ipso facto failed. But need to be careful about leaps from there.
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