Comment Applause is rendered. (Score 1) 804
This man is actually helping the citizens of our country win the war against government spying. See, it goes one of two ways when it comes to the big freedom grab.
[The Bad Way]
1. A very suave and sophisticated individual quietly introduces a small bill that only takes a little chunk out of our privacy. His/her/it's arguements are pretty good, and the concessions asked for are minor.
2. This bill passes.
3. Nobody notices.
4. Repeat this process until, finally, the bad guys have reached their goal of making "1984" look like a fairy tale about the good old days.
[The Good Way]
1. Some flambouyant a-hole like this gets up on his soap box and says: "Camera's everywhere! I want a camera in everyone's workplace, home, school, car, rectum..."
2. We say "What about freedom/privacy and all of that?"
3. He says "I didn't get that whole memo about freedom/privacy. In fact, I think you're just making this up give me a hard time. I'm referring you to my supervisors! And auditing you! And arresting you for "obstructing justice"! And shooting you for attempting escape!" GATCK! GATCK!
4. Generally, people get pissed about this type of behaviour, and defacate into the appropriate mailboxes to make this proposal go away.
5. When anybody mentions anything that even looks like this crap again, people are less willing to compromise because of the stigma associated with what just happened.
6. We win, and have a Tequila brunch.
The moral of this story? If you want to win, take sides with the government! Do so in a way that is stupid! Look like an a-hole, and paint all of your new "friends" with the same brush! Be outrageous! Make every stupid little program to take a little more freedom look like the avalanche of doom that it really is!
[The Bad Way]
1. A very suave and sophisticated individual quietly introduces a small bill that only takes a little chunk out of our privacy. His/her/it's arguements are pretty good, and the concessions asked for are minor.
2. This bill passes.
3. Nobody notices.
4. Repeat this process until, finally, the bad guys have reached their goal of making "1984" look like a fairy tale about the good old days.
[The Good Way]
1. Some flambouyant a-hole like this gets up on his soap box and says: "Camera's everywhere! I want a camera in everyone's workplace, home, school, car, rectum..."
2. We say "What about freedom/privacy and all of that?"
3. He says "I didn't get that whole memo about freedom/privacy. In fact, I think you're just making this up give me a hard time. I'm referring you to my supervisors! And auditing you! And arresting you for "obstructing justice"! And shooting you for attempting escape!" GATCK! GATCK!
4. Generally, people get pissed about this type of behaviour, and defacate into the appropriate mailboxes to make this proposal go away.
5. When anybody mentions anything that even looks like this crap again, people are less willing to compromise because of the stigma associated with what just happened.
6. We win, and have a Tequila brunch.
The moral of this story? If you want to win, take sides with the government! Do so in a way that is stupid! Look like an a-hole, and paint all of your new "friends" with the same brush! Be outrageous! Make every stupid little program to take a little more freedom look like the avalanche of doom that it really is!
