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How are the Canadian people feeling about the recent NSA exposure in the states? Does it make you wonder if the Canadian government has the same reach into our privacy? Thoughts, ideas, theories anyone?
How are the Canadian people feeling about the recent NSA exposure in the states? Does it make you wonder if the Canadian government has the same reach into our privacy? Thoughts, ideas, theories anyone?
From what i'm seeing on Canadian news,newspapers and forums the likely hood of our Canadian government spying on us doesnt really make for as big a deal as it does in the USA where its a really big tempest in a teapot with the likes of Limbaugh.Beck and FOX doing their usual song and dance of righteous indignation and hate the President routine. Tea party is simply apoplectic on the issue.
From my day to day conversations with friends, family and co=workers here in Canada the subject hasnt come up yet.Seems to be not a big deal.
The Canadian government is a different animal from the U.S. one.
The reality is we must all operate on the expectation that all of our communications are being monitored. Governments cannot be trusted and will routinely operate outside the boundaries of the laws they expect (and demand) others follow.
Obviously us Canadians figured this out long ago and realized stomping feet,holding your breath,whining,bellyaching and crying about the obvious was a rather futile endeavor.
Not sure why all of a sudden government spying on its citizens is suddenly big news to those in the USA.
Although as a frequent visitor to the politics forum here i suspect many actually enjoy stomping feet,holding breath,whining,bellyaching and crying about the obvious.
Obviously us Canadians figured this out long ago and realized stomping feet,holding your breath,whining,bellyaching and crying about the obvious was a rather futile endeavor.
Not sure why all of a sudden government spying on its citizens is suddenly big news to those in the USA.
Although as a frequent visitor to the politics forum here i suspect many actually enjoy stomping feet,holding breath,whining,bellyaching and crying about the obvious.
it's not futile if enough people stomp...the difficulty is in getting the message through,
Anyone who is at all surprised by this NSA revelation has not been paying much attention to privacy issues. I read an expose of NSA way back in the early 80s. They were catching virtually all communications back then. It was much easier for them as over 90% of the communications at the time were over telephone land lines. The explosion in communication in the cyber age has just led to an explosion in the size and scope of the NSA. In Canada the RCMP and now cisis have ALWAYS spied on whatever Canadians they felt like spying on. I think if anything it's been more pervasive here in Canada than the USA.
The stomping is to prevent the government from spying in contravention of the laws they expect other people to obey.
It seem clear that no laws have been broken, thanks to the patriot act.
Last edited by lucknow; 06-17-2013 at 11:46 AM..
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