8 ms·
Edward Snowden leaks could help paedophiles escape police, says government
- philiphodgen 13y agoI guess it was inevitable that the debate would devolve to pedophelia. This must be the political arena's equivalent to Godwin's Law. Over any given period of time, "think of the children" will be in invoked to support a political position. Sigh. At what point do journalists start showing us that they have had the Gullible Module surgically removed? This rote recitation of governmental PR is not news. It is propaganda.
- RubberSoul 13y agoAn unnamed government official told me that the leaks resulted in the death of innocent kittens.
- btilly 13y agoIn The Right to Privacy by Caroline Kennedy (yes, those Kennedys) and Ellen Alderidge the interesting point is made that our rights have to be defined by defending unpopular people. And that is because unpopular people are the ones whose rights get taken away first. The theory is that this spying apparatus is used against foreigners, not our own citizens. The admission here is that it is used against our own citizens, "But that's OK because we're targeting people that everyone hates." Well no, that's not OK. I'm more afraid of the government than I am of pedophiles.
- bottlerocket 13y ago"Use of curtains or blinds on windows could be used by pedophiles to hide their activities from their neighbors and police", says a high ranking law enforcement official who agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity