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Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4105485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4105485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5846076 htt

• bostik 12y ago
  The first of your links has this absolutely wonderful bit on the very first comment: The "if you have nothing to hide..." line is predicated on the viewer having final say about whether something is right/wrong, thus subordinating the subject to the viewer. [direct link to full comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4105697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4105697] That pretty much crystallises the core of the problem. It's never about what is right, wrong or proper - only what is approved to be more or less appropriate at the time. (A malleable thing in itself.) Go give your upvotes to the original poster. Read the full comment while at it, too.