>He was genuinely confused, and was asking why I would care about privacy unless I have something to hide...
That's so oft-repeated it's become a cliché when someone is making a disparaging impersonation of a typical Daily Fail[0] reader. "If you've nothing to hide, you've nothing to fear!" said in a braying upper class Tory accent.Of course, the ultimate irony was when David Cameron was PM and the Panama pepers came to light, exposing all his dad's shady dealings and secret offshore bank accounts [1]. Cameron's spokeswoman told the press "A family's finances are their own private affair" This kind of sums up what life in the UK is like. A priveleged ruling class, with utter contempt for the electorate; "Do as we say. Not as we do!". [0] Daily Fail = The Daily Mail. A right-wing tabloid newspaper which is a by-word for the kind of zzz-elebrity gossip mixed with anti-immigrant "hanging's too good for them" ranting that [unfortunately] appeals to a large enough percentage of the British population, to keep the Tories in power, seemingly for the foreseeable future. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/04/panama-papers-d... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/07/david-cameron-a... [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/david-camero... [1] https://archive.is/T32k4 |