..unless your Guardian-UK-Police was related to e.g. snooping technology, police-and-encryption, or something related to technology, with a UK Police tangent.

..unless your Guardian-UK-Police was related to e.g. snooping technology, police-and-encryption, or something related to technology, with a UK Police tangent. In this case we would definitely discuss it, but not to say that "police bad - encryption good" but instead talk about the technical details, slippery slopes, and other areas that would help us think, learn, contribute, grow.