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Ahh, there is the rub.<br>
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The single rooters made common cause with with this agenda, and
marginalised the critics calling for legitimacy. Wittingly or
(worse) unwittingly, the public interest has been abused. <br>
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Is the technical political? We have had this discussion, but this
puts matters into context. It also helps locate the theoretical,
ethical and political position of civil society into real historical
time. And that speaks volumes. American safeguards are just no good.
It also puts Auerbach's point about points of abuse into sharp focus
- he is vindicated to a large extent: irrespective of the technical
way the spying was done. <br>
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A lot more persuasion will be necessary on what this reveals,
particularly those a certain Third World persuasion, the Lessig's,
EFF, etc. We can only hope that this <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra">(Cassandra)</a>
tragedy results in public interest being better represented in a
meaningful way (but we cannot hold our breath to be realistic... ).
We can also say that Norbert too has been vindicated for opening up
spaces for certain dialogues that were somewhat marginal on this
list.<br>
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This one is a biggie. Cautious change may result or shamelessness. <br>
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Riaz<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013/06/08 03:05 PM, McTim wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca"><ca@cafonso.ca></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Yes, as the centurion said to Christ while driving a nail through His hands:
"I am just doing my job, sorry!"
Ah, the technical community...
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Isn't it just a wee bit of a stretch to blame the TC for the NSA spying on us?
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