It's not crap - the point is valid. The fact that there exists danger in "an octopus for total information awareness", and that IMO it's entirely undesirable,

It's not crap - the point is valid. The fact that there exists danger in "an octopus for total information awareness", and that IMO it's entirely undesirable, it's also perfectly possible that a bunch of people disagree with me, and believe that the existence of such is indeed for the "common good." You don't win a war like this by painting these people as evil or amoral. They are just wrong.