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I don't know but in my world, a preference is not a requirement. I prefer to watch a movie in the cinema with uber sound systems etc. But i can watch the movie perfectly fine at home. All points besides a, which is not really an argument but the point of discussion, can be done remotely, if you have to travel to a conference. It might not have your preference, but it certainly is possible and i think comparing travel…
> I don't know but in my world, a preference is not a requirement. Which is a moot point. Others live in their own world -- and so can act on their preferences. Besides, even you do tons of things that aren't "required", and thus are just preferences. Even your example is one such: "watching a movie" is not required or mandatory at all --regardless of whether you watch it a home or at the cinema. > All points besides…
U.S. To Collect Social Media Data on All Immigrants Entering Country
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So you find it acceptable for the US government to demand access to everything I have on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Telegram(?), etc just because I am going to live there? That is insane.
>So you find it acceptable ... That is insane. They were seeking (an important) clarification, not making a judgment whether it was acceptable. You just assumed they found it acceptable and called that insane.
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A slippery slope, you say?
Some real life slopes are actually slippery, and some metaphorical slopes are legitimately so as well. Unless you have some reason to suspect the events at the end of the slope are too farfetched to actually happen, which I don't see any, this is not a "slippery slope fallacy", but a run of the mill prediction about an Overton window opening.
As a prediction it's fine, but the original post said:
> the next step is clear
and
> the average citizen will be targeted next
There was no suggestion that this was just speculation.