In the US, Support Grows for Whistle Blower Snowden as Anger Increases over Massive Surveillance

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41. Terror has been around since the dawn of man

its not going anywhere no matter what we do. There will always be epeople that dont agree with the system ion place that resort to terror to make their point.

The international community isnt going to do squat cause they are all doing the same thing in one form or another to their citizens.If you think the rest of the world is somehow more noble you are kidding yourself. Sure they will make noise and stomp heir feet cause its fun to poke a stick in the eye of the US. But nothing will change. Nor should it.


Using ""tried and true methods" wont work in a world of digital communication. There needs to be new methods developed and thats what they are doing.

You need to get used to the fact that everything you do is being tracked now be it by the grocery store or the government. The internet has changed our world completely. Some of those changes are troubling to be sure but it also brings with it a whole lot of amazing things that improve our lives and the lives of the world

The Arab spring would not have been possible without the internet for example.

I do think its important that we take a close look at our laws regarding how the government is allowed to use this new data but pretending we will be going back to the old ways is kidding yourself. The internet changed the world and continues to change it. You cant just stop and get off.