Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgexternal-linkmessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up11.22Karrow-down116file-text
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1external-linkTIL That the government's mass surveillance programs operating under Section 215 of the Patriot Act, have never stopped an act of terrorism.www.aclu.orgAnonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square245fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTony Bark@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoThe gap between the signing of the Patriot Act and when that article was posted is 14 years apart. I highly doubt anything has changed since then.
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 days agowhat is this even supposed to mean? “the gap between the Battle of Hastings and the completion of the Bayeux Tapestry is likely a few years apart. I highly doubt the government of England has changed since then”
minus-squarearctanthrope@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agook since it makes sense to everyone else, someone explain it to me event happens time passes (pt. 1) record is made detailing the event and its effects time passes (pt. 2) present how does merely the length of time period 1 determine which events occur in time period 2? how does publishing an article saying that something has not happened yet prevent that thing from happening after the article is published?
The gap between the signing of the Patriot Act and when that article was posted is 14 years apart. I highly doubt anything has changed since then.
what is this even supposed to mean?
“the gap between the Battle of Hastings and the completion of the Bayeux Tapestry is likely a few years apart. I highly doubt the government of England has changed since then”
ok since it makes sense to everyone else, someone explain it to me
how does merely the length of time period 1 determine which events occur in time period 2?
how does publishing an article saying that something has not happened yet prevent that thing from happening after the article is published?