[wanda]

> protecting the public

Are you serious? This isn't high on their agenda at all.

> surely there's tech people whose job is to explain this to politicians

You have a very, very optimistic view of the world. If the government needs to get a consultant, they'll just find one who agrees with them.

[tobbob]

That's nonsense. It's all very well being ultra cynical, makes you feel high and mighty but what you're saying is absurd.

[wanda]

What I said is a long way from "ultra cynical"

And I didn't say it for any feelings of my own, or for anyone's feelings for that matter.