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>Middle ground does not always exist I think looking at issues with this lens is how the whole idea of "you're either with us or against us" gets started. It'

• maqr 12y ago
  > >Middle ground does not always exist He doesn't mean ideologically, he means technically. You're either encrypted or you're not. This isn't about being opinionated, it truly is about whether or not we allow the government to monitor all the things. The only options are all or none, there is no "just monitor some of the things" option.
  • Lawtonfogle 12y ago
    The concern is that the technical binary nature of the issue does put pressure on the political sides towards being binary. For example, those who want a system that protects jounalist in oppressive countries but that does not protect child predators have lots of positions to pick, but those positions (and the groups that hold them) can easily be divided along the lines of those who support a system that protects both and those that support a system that protects neither (it technically protects neither while it will often be sold as protecting one but not the other, and as such the majority of the group may fully believe it does protect one but not the other).