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If the people cared about this it could be stopped, but they don't care. Hell they think it is a swell idea to jail people for offensive tweets.
by happyscrappy 12y ago
If the people cared about this it could be stopped, but they don't care. Hell they think it is a swell idea to jail people for offensive tweets.
- lmorris84 12y agoAgreed. I think many people would naturally recoil from "big brother government oversight" but see no issue using similar means to have people found and locked up for calling someone an unpleasant name on twitter.
- CamperBob2 12y agoI'm not sure. Millions of people cared enough about the wars in Vietnam and Iraq to take to the streets in protest, but the wars couldn't be stopped until the military-industrial complex sated itself. I suspect the same will be true of privacy rights, both online and off. Governments are very, very good at paying lip service to democratic values while doing what they want behind closed doors.