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ChairMan[_5_]

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:56:22 -0500, "ChairMan" wrote:

Bill wrote:
In article , says...

Bill wrote:

According to a survey conducted by The Associated Press and The
National Constitution Center, 44 percent support the idea of
police using unmanned aerial vehicles to track suspects and
carry out investigations.

They have been using police helicopters ever since I can
remember. What is the big deal?

Police helicopters only go up into the air AFTER (or WHILE) a
crime
is in progress - to support ground operations.

Remotely-controlled drones will be used (mostly) to snoop around
and look for evidence of criminal activity.

Well I am not a criminal, so have no problem with that.

Seems that a lot of Germans said something similar to the Gestapo

"First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was
not a Jew.

Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I
was not a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.

close enough, not that it matters to Bill, but according to the
Martin-Niemöller-Foundation the text is as follows:
First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.

In the US the quotation is more commonly known as:

First they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.