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"Who knew in 1984…that this would be big brother [picture of Steve Jobs with iPhone}...and the zombies would be paying customers [pictures of people with phones
by scrabble 13y ago
"Who knew in 1984…that this would be big brother [picture of Steve Jobs with iPhone}...and the zombies would be paying customers [pictures of people with phones, tablets]?"
It might just be me, but it seems as though this comment could easily be taken out of context. It's a metaphor. And the speaker wasn't saying that the government was Big Brother either.
- mcphilip 13y agoIf you read the Spiegel article [1] where this quote comes from do you still think it's just a metaphor? I take the comment as snark, but also a troubling indicator of a depraved culture in some circles of the NSA. [1]http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/how-the-nsa-spies-on-smartphones-including-the-blackberry-a-921161.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/how-the-nsa-spies-...
- scrabble 13y agoI do still think there's the possibility that it's a metaphor. As much as I don't like the recent news that's come out about the NSA, I also don't like to falsely manipulate people's words to give them a negative connotation. I don't like when it's done to me, so I try not to do it to others. As an organization the NSA seems to have some issues, but I still hold that individuals are mostly good. I don't believe the person who wrote that had a mindset that most people are zombies.