> Harper would install backdoors in everyone's computers tomorrow if he could. {{citation needed}} I certainly, certainly, understand that politicians often a

> Harper would install backdoors in everyone's computers tomorrow if he could. {{citation needed}} I certainly, certainly, understand that politicians often act against the interests of those they are meant to serve. However, I don't know why this level of discourse which includes unfounded, outrageous claims with regards to Politicians and Governments is so prevalent. As a citizen, you also need to accept that Politicians typically act and make decisions on more data points than you or I have access to. The President of the United Staes represents the interest of 312 million people and those interests often conflict quite violently. He has to make life and death decisions which affect the lives of millions of people in America and around the world, and he does so on a daily basis using incomplete and conflicting information. That shit ain't easy. To be opposed to a Politician or Government is completely fine and the right of any citizen in a democracy. Governments are imperfect organizations made up of imperfect political parties composed of humans who are imperfect. However, statements like, "Harper would install backdoors in everyone's computers tomorrow if he could.", without citation does nothing to improve the situation. The governing of our society is too important of a topic for such unproductive and toxic level of discourse which is all too common.