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Comment: Re:The worst part (Score 5, Insightful) 1123

by backslash_forward on Friday August 01, 2008 @11:04AM (#24435031) Attached to: DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely

If your goal is to generate a lawsuit, like Mr. Hellar, then go ahead and be an ass - just be aware that you're going to suffer pain for your goal.

And that is how they win -- if they haven't already. What is it, specifically, about standing up for ones rights that makes him/her an ass? Perception is a very powerful tool. If people perceive tyranny the norm then it makes the tyrants jobs a whole lot easier.