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[2012] by Jimmy Carter (he's not writing about current events)

• carbocation 13y ago
  Everything he mentioned is still current and ongoing, but it's true that he could not be writing about Snowden's revelations, if that's what you mean.
• dragontamer 13y ago
  Dates on these sorts of things are very important. Good catch.
• jetti 13y ago
  It may not be current events, but as far as I know, very little has changed since he wrote it.
• will_brown 13y ago
  American citizens’ being targeted for assassination or indefinite detention, recent laws have canceled the restraints in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to allow unprecedented violations of our rights to privacy through warrantless wiretapping and government mining of our electronic communications. Popular state laws permit detaining individuals because of their appearance, where they worship or with whom they associate. Are you just highlighting that the article was written in 2012 or suggesting that because the article was written in 2012 it is not relevant or current? Or that the issues themselves, as mentioned above, are not current (ie. citizen target assassinations or NSA mining of electronic communications...that is so...2012)?
  • icegreentea 13y ago
    It's important that it's written in 2012 because it means a) It is not just another 'oh gawd, gotta cash in on this PRISM fiasco' article b) It demonstrates that some level of awareness of issues and attempt at publicizing was always occuring. That is to say that it is a reminder that those of use reasonably well read/informed should not have been totally shocked when Snowden did his thing c) It's important because some people will question 'Why no mention of current events?'