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"If people are interested in electronic privacy, I think there is a lot to be learned from the success and methods of the Anti-Saloon league." I agree, but I w
by DanielBMarkham 13y ago
"If people are interested in electronic privacy, I think there is a lot to be learned from the success and methods of the Anti-Saloon league."
I agree, but I would add that the key difference here is that the Anti-Saloon League had a clear, concise, understandable goal. Privacy and anonymity advocates are all over the place.
- rayiner 13y ago> Privacy and anonymity advocates are all over the place. They are not only all over the place, but they're often idealists who are unwilling to put aside their other political viewpoints to focus on the issue of privacy. This dooms them to political impotency and irrelevancy. Which is why I'm so encouraged by the EFF's bringing religious organizations and gun associations on board. There are some very powerful organizations (the anti-abortion lobby, religious organizations, gun rights folks) who have a lot to lose from government surveillance, and also can be scared into action by the idea of someone like Obama snooping on their communications. I think it would be politically foolish not to capitalize on that state of affairs.
- tracker1 13y agoFor that matter, the pro-abortion^wpro-life movement could be in here as well, do we really want everyone to know that the GF you had on the side was emailing to/from an abortion clinic?