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The PM wasn't ignorant, he was making the correct point that you can outlaw things that mathematically are unbreakable. Criminals can unbreakably use them, but

The PM wasn't ignorant, he was making the correct point that you can outlaw things that mathematically are unbreakable. Criminals can unbreakably use them, but will be violating the law. I even think he was making a joke. The laws of physics allow me to kill someone by dropping a heavy weight on them, but that is outlawed in Australia. Now, I disagree with him as to what the law should be. But I think people have been ridiculously uncharitable by implying he believes ... you know, I don't even know what people are implying. They are just pointing and laughing and not making a coherent point.

Silhouette 7y ago
The PM wasn't ignorant I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt unless I have reason not to, but in this case, I did see some of the speeches he was giving at the time, like this one[1]. It was a textbook example of a politician repeatedly quoting the same obvious sound-bites and buzzwords ("leadership", "keep us safe", "rule of law", and so on) without really understanding the issue. Occasionally he seemed to get pushed off-script, like the section where someone asks him to explain what a backdoor actually is, and he is literally hand-waving rapidly as he delivers a superficial explanation that doesn't suggest any sort of real understanding. I even think he was making a joke. Again, if you've seen the footage of him making the infamous statement, he might be trying to make a joke, but it's more like he's trying to laugh off the nonsense he's saying as if that makes it OK. They are just pointing and laughing and not making a coherent point. When you're dealing with someone who is demonstrably unable to recognise the basic facts of a situation and make reasonable arguments, sometimes ridicule is all that is left. As I said, sometimes the best we can do is try to keep such profound ignorance away from any sort of power. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i326eNOa6Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i326eNOa6Us

Silhouette 7y ago

The PM wasn't ignorant I prefer to give people the benefit of the doubt unless I have reason not to, but in this case, I did see some of the speeches he was giving at the time, like this one[1]. It was a textbook example of a politician repeatedly quoting the same obvious sound-bites and buzzwords ("leadership", "keep us safe", "rule of law", and so on) without really understanding the issue. Occasionally he seemed to get pushed off-script, like the section where someone asks him to explain what a backdoor actually is, and he is literally hand-waving rapidly as he delivers a superficial explanation that doesn't suggest any sort of real understanding. I even think he was making a joke. Again, if you've seen the footage of him making the infamous statement, he might be trying to make a joke, but it's more like he's trying to laugh off the nonsense he's saying as if that makes it OK. They are just pointing and laughing and not making a coherent point. When you're dealing with someone who is demonstrably unable to recognise the basic facts of a situation and make reasonable arguments, sometimes ridicule is all that is left. As I said, sometimes the best we can do is try to keep such profound ignorance away from any sort of power. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i326eNOa6Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i326eNOa6Us