Comment by aj700

13 years ago

This should be read as an indictment of what the site has become, not just an example of it.

"Where's the petition to NOT pardon him!!"

I will do it. I will ragequit. This site is turning into a libertarian silicon valley version of freerepublic.

When you've found civilisation, America, in 1000 years or so you'll realise that autoritarianism works and that's why you've got it.

If we had a fascist government, everyone would be in prison except me. I'm sick of the police failing to do their job because they don't know that it IS: to provide a level playing field, that I can see, so I have no need or temptation to cheat in the first place. As an average HN reader, you know this is correct. Ever been pulled over for speeding on a road where everyone else gets away with worse? Until the state STOPS the bad guys having all the fun, you, the state, down to every beat cop, haven't done this. More government now. Much much much much more. Make 50% of the population into prison officers and cops if necessary. There'll be zero unemployment.

Well whaddya know. The great recession has caused Europeans to return to fascism. Way to go Dick Fuld(!)

@pg : either ban all politics from the site or deal with the fires of hell that start in 5 4 3 2 1

Hi there NSA readers, keep it up.

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oinksoft  13 years ago

Why not just stand up and cool off? The focus of the story is privacy on the internet, and predictably it gets huge play on this website.

  • repler  13 years ago

    You'd think that the crowd who reads hacker news would understand that the data on Twitter, Facebook, and Google is not their own property.

    You are not entitled to outrage over data you freely gave away.

    And the NSA has had domestic phone metadata since the 1970's, the only thing different is the speed and scale.

    The real focus should be on the guy who gave up state secrets and then defected to China. Did he make some kind of deal? There were a dozen better ways to handle the abuse he perceived at the NSA - he chose what was most convenient for him.

    He does not get my respect, and he is certainly not a hero.