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While I agree with the sentiment, I would rather have people caring about the NSA spying for the "wrong" reasons than not caring at all.
by tghw 13y ago
While I agree with the sentiment, I would rather have people caring about the NSA spying for the "wrong" reasons than not caring at all.
- eksith 13y agoThat's a hollow victory. The momentum is much weaker in most cases when people care about something for the wrong reasons and then it gets easily quelled by distractions. In fact, that's how a lot of this nonsense stayed on for so long. Imagine if more people cared about Iraq for more than the price of oil. Some did, but not nearly enough in number.
- tghw 13y agoAgain, that's great in theory, but pragmatically, most people don't see the problem with government spying if they're "not doing anything wrong". So until you have a plan to change that, I'd still prefer they care for the "wrong" reasons than not at all.
- pessimizer 13y agoI don't. All they have to do is announce that analysts will need approval to investigate anyone that can be connected to their personal lives, fire two or three people for violating the new policy, and suddenly all NSA spying is vindicated.