See, we can catch terrorists without infringing on people's rights and privacy.
So, what, they just came and told you that they were stockpiling weapons there?
I mean, just to be clear; *SOMEONE* had to infringe on their right to privacy. Otherwise nobody would have known whether they were stockpiling weapons.
The method is the important part. If evidence is obtained in a legal way, and the evidence is presented to a judge who decides the evidence is strong enough to take further measures, that's fine.
To everybody arguing completely vapourous points --
this "study" factored in a whole bunch of.... factors, and determined which countries are the best to live in. The US is #13, according to that (with Canada very close behind, at #14).
Of course, it doesn't take into account all the reasons why I consider Canada to be a superiour country, which is fine. I suspect that Canada isn't the
best all around country, but I still think it's a damn good one. Since I've never lived in any of the other countries on that list, I couldn't make a statement about them.
Here's another study, which I believe is funded by the UN, which determines which cities are the best ones to live in based on political stability, culture, environment, recreation, etc. This study ranks Zurich, Switzerland and Geneva, Switzerland the best cities to live in, with Vancouver close behind.
Those studies are mostly meaningless, obviously, because they only take certain characteristics into consideration. But at least they can be the basis for possible intelligent argument, not just the useless "We're better!" responses.
And incidentally, if money is power, than the US has the least power. With the largest national debt of all countries, the US technically has the least money
