[darkerside]

Actually, most people around here wouldn't say anything because this topic isn't important enough to them. They glance at the comment and move on.

Is this more unacceptable than people dying in a building collapse in Miami, or children starving to death in third world countries, or a loved one passing away, or someone being rude to someone else?

It's truly in the eye of the beholder.

[re-al]

There are bad things all over the world, deaths, crashes, collapses, etc.

But what does that have to do with technologists working hard to eliminate freedoms and privacy, not just for themselves but for everyone? Do technologists have the truth, do they really know what is better for everyone else?

[darkerside]

I don't disagree with your general point, just nitpicking on this particularly, because I think it might be eye opening to consider

> Most people around here would say yes.