It's not a War on Terror, it's a War on Personal Freedom is what it is, OK?

[catsidhe]

Remember the mashup I did on the National Paranoia Hotline a while ago?

I just discovered today that someone else has been busy.

I am in awe.

But if you want some intellectual discussion on this topic, go read this article by Bruce Schneier: The War on the Unexpected

We've opened up a new front on the war on terror. It's an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it's a war on different. If you act different, you might find yourself investigated, questioned, and even arrested -- even if you did nothing wrong, and had no intention of doing anything wrong. The problem is a combination of citizen informants and a CYA attitude among police that results in a knee-jerk escalation of reported threats.

This isn't the way counterterrorism is supposed to work, but it's happening everywhere.

Can we return to something approximating sanity sometime soon, please?

Comments

[brong.livejournal.com]

Any sanity you may have experienced at some point in the past is a temporary glitch in history which isn't sustainable.

(seriously - the only way from sane is down)

[tau-iota-mu-c.livejournal.com]

I hadn't noticed in the past that that ad has a very Matrix feel to it. I wonder if that was accidental or deliberate?