07-15-2016, 05:35 PM
(07-15-2016, 05:22 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I disagree. Mostly because those that aren't prevented are things we never hear about. They are foiled by operatives whose names we will never know, who put themselves out there to gather intelligence and apprehend potential terrorists every day. I can say with near absolute certainty that more of these types of things have been prevented than have occurred because of these people.
I don't know about that. I'm not going to try to go tit for tat with out statistics. But in a free society there is almost nothing that can be done about some crazies that don't advertise their intentions. Still I'd rather live in a free society. Also it seems like any government that does actually manage to foil an attack, plasters it across the media trying to reassure us that they can prevent it from happening. I'd still rather keep my liberties.
