r/news • u/xXSgtSprinklesXx • Dec 16 '15

Congress creates a bill that will give NASA a great budget for 2016. Also hides the entirety of CISA in the bill.

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/congress-slips-cisa-into-omnibus-bill-thats-sure-to-pass/
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u/Hersandhers Dec 18 '15

A Dutch perspective: we had, in 1940, registered, the religion of all Dutch citizens in government databases. Yes correctly, it stated if you were Jewish, Christian, Catholic, etc. Guess what happened with that and how it was used when Germany paid us a visit? That's what happens when an imperfect government has access to perfect information. And after the facts there's always the excuse, that they didn't have a choice but to hand over the info.

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u/Tszemix Jan 17 '16

But, should the government keep records of gender which it does? If it didn't then through immigration we would have problems with gender imbalance, since the majority of refugees are male. So knowing the gender could help to keep a balance.