fascism in the guise of National Security
Totalitarianism actually, the goal is to keep us all in the dark
We also need more transparency "Sunshine" Laws to expose how the Financial Sector profits from What is euphemistically labeled Terrorism.
Of course, there are many powerful and influential people who have financed terrorism.
On the first view you could guess they haven't learned anything from the years after 9/11... we still have to suffer under the over reactions from back then.
You're blaming the victims of this, the public. As far as I'm concerned, the public is blameless for what happened: We aren't at fault for being deceived.
The people who exploited our fears and deceived us are to blame.
On the second thought, you think that all the reactions are in full awareness about the outcome. That the overreaction follows a special agenda, knowing that such hard laws are only possible after a shock.
This censorship bill was probably being drafted before the attack occurred. They waited until political impossible became political acceptable.
The problem is not how France is restricting freedoms at the moment, but how the new powers may potentially be used to restrict freedom. Pretty much the same could be said for the UK.
The very
existence of the law is the danger
In the last few days we've had a rant from Jeremy Corbyn (leader of the opposition in the UK) about what he sees as unsympathetic reporting about him by the UK media, along with the idea that this should be stopped. The risk in the UK is that laws intended to restrict hate crime and the promotion of terrorism are used post 2020 to stifle opponents of Corbyn. It is very hard to see how laws can be phrased in a way that a government cannot use to restrict freedom of speech.
And then you basically have David Cameron effectively saying that conspiracy theories of a non-violent nature are as dangerous as ISIS.
That's very disturbing don't you think?
While I'm on this: You know how the term "Conspiracy Theory" came to be?
Here you go:
The CIA created the term to attack anybody who challenged the official explanation
I suppose the short-term compromise is that we do need to tackle terrorism by restricting their use of the net
Actually, if they speak publicly: They can be more easily tracked. Restrict their speech and they go under and become more dangerous
Hollande is not a trustworthy guardian: He's been moving to expand his power.
However in the UK we have the prospect of a Prime Minister who censors the media. Maybe we need laws with a sunset clause
The Patriot Act had a sunset clause, except it keeps getting renewed.