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In reply to the discussion: Get One Thing Clear: NSA Domestic Spy Op Is FASCISM [View all]delrem
(9,688 posts)Yes, it passes through two 8-year administrations now (I presume Obama will continue this gawdawful thing to completion of his 2nd term, since there's nothing to suggest otherwise) so any kind of football team rah-rah-ism is misplaced. Both sides are cooperating to do the exact same thing.
Puts you, the common citizen of the USA, in a mighty strange place, don't you think? But larger than that, it puts the entire English speaking world in a strange place.
Speaking from outside the box, a better distinction than those occurring inside the box is between "regulation" and "definition". Something cannot be regulated if it isn't defined. Privacy in the digital age cannot be regulated until it's defined. The definition itself will determine those regulations which, in the first instance, are intended to ensure that Privacy as so defined exists.