{"id":39989,"date":"2012-11-20T13:44:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T20:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=39989"},"modified":"2014-12-30T11:01:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T18:01:32","slug":"feel-safer-or-you-may-be-an-enemy-of-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/11\/feel-safer-or-you-may-be-an-enemy-of-the-state.html","title":{"rendered":"Feel Safer Or You May Be An Enemy of the State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Senate Bill rewrite lets Feds read your email without a warrant<\/a><\/p>\n

I wonder if they will send the cops to tase you into cardiac arrest <\/a>if you find a hack around that.<\/p>\n

What I find darkly amusing about the latter story is that, after a cursory mention of an innocent woman brutally tased to her near death, the bulk of the article is essentially a promo piece\u00a0 for the manufacturers of Tasers, assuring us that tasers are really safe and wonderful.\u00a0 Particularly hilarious to my twisted sense of humor is this:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that more than 98,000 people have been saved from potential death or serious injury using TASER devices \u2013 an astounding number that would more than sell out the Rose Bowl.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am greatly consoled that 98,000 people have been tased by trigger happy cops like the guys who unnecessarily induced cardiac arrest in a woman who, it turns out, was perfectly justified in fearing them.<\/p>\n

I fear Caesar far more than I fear some guys in a cave in Afghanistan.\u00a0 In this, I make common cause with the Founders of the United States, who feared the\u00a0state *far* more than they feared criminals, the British, the French, the Indians or any foreign power without.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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