What whataboutism? I was responding to the assertion that while things are bad in the US at least it's not as bad as Europe. In no way did I suggest that Europ

What whataboutism? I was responding to the assertion that while things are bad in the US at least it's not as bad as Europe. In no way did I suggest that European citizens should become complacent. I just wanted to question if the government commissioning a report which suggests they take a further look at some actions which could possibly infringe on privacy and which explicitly talks about doing it with respect to national privacy laws is really do much worse than people being disappeared by a government who is openly hostile to the rulings of the courts as well as to the media who dare to question it. If there was any whatabout then it was in the GP comment, so maybe direct your ire towards them.