jamesfarrow

flaneur said:

pmcd said:

He's not my cup of tea but a lot of people are following him and you can't just, in your infinite wisdom, dismiss them as delusional.

Who's "dismissing" Trump supporters as delusional?

Most of us who see that they're delusional are taking that very seriously, not dismissing them.

Hitler was elected by delusional Germans in 1933. They were that crazy. Some Americans may be crazy enough to try to elect Trump in 2016, but I don't think there are quite enough of them to pull it off. 

No infinite wisdom required, just a bit of history. There are quite a few parallels between the Weimar republic and the US right now, especially regarding cultural divides and the insecurity of the Right.

Here here! I agree with your analogy. The term "if you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear" , which of course means that there is something to fear, was a buzz term in  1930's Germany as the regime rounded political opposition and outspoken embers of society et al and imprisoned them in Dachau from 1930 onwards. I don't actually think Hitler won the election but only a seat so they gave him highest position possible to appease him, and over time he replaced the head of police/interior etc with members from his own party and took over from the inside and then banned all other parties.
Donald Trump is nothing short of a moron, he wants to effectively emulate the Berlin Wall across the border. 
The saying is "those that do not know their history are condemned to repeat it"

USA please be aware of the idiot Trump all he is doing is saying what you want to hear.

His comments on Apple are misplaced/misguided at best and that is being polite. As far as I am concerned Tim Cook deserves a medal. He is 100% right. Once this is issue is forced that's it - its outline the open and effectively the state has carte blanche to spy on every citizen in every democracy without being held to task. I'm saying we're will it end.

photoshop59 said:

jax44 said:

Samsung.

The FBI has many instances where they would like to track extremely dangerous individuals.  These individuals are using the iPhone encryption as the tool de jour to facilitate their murderous, terrorist ends. Believe me, the FBI is not concerned about who you are going out with on Saturday night, or if you paid your parking ticket.  Cooperation between the CIA, FBI and Apple/Samsung would help stop future mass murders and terrorist attacks such as in France and San Bernardino. The software should still remain under the control of Apple or Samsung, as the government has recently offered, this to safeguard the right of privacy where law enforcement activities are not involved.

As far as we know the Paris terrorists responsible didn't use encryption in any way shape or form, and they were already known to the security services. Instead of just waiting for a phone to fall in your lap, how about some good old fashioned detective work? Please don't be offended here, but on your second point of mass murders - have you ever thought of doing something about the ridiculous gun laws in the good old US of A? That would be a start.
I'm assuming that you are American by the way.

My 2 pence, coming from the UK Trump is the biggest bellend I have had ever heard. Believe me that is some statement when we have the pig f*cker Cameron over here.