The Privacy Candidate 593
Alsee writes "Wired News reports 'electronic civil libertarians' hearts are a-twitter' over US Presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton's bold stance on the right to privacy. Wired quotes Clinton: 'At all levels, the privacy protections for ordinary citizens are broken, inadequate and out of date.' Clinton gave a speech last June to the American Constitution Society (text, WMF) in which she addressed electronic surveillance, consumer opt-in vs. opt-out, cyber-security, commercial and government handling of personal data, data offshoring, data leaks, and even genetic discrimination." Would you consider a candidate's stand on privacy important enough to sway your vote?
yesno (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, sure I --
*bzzzt!*
Ouch! Er... I mean, no, no I wouldn't.
Re:The right to privacy is underrated (Score:3, Funny)
Don't you think it's rude to watch it so closely?
but but but (Score:1, Funny)
I only know (Score:4, Funny)
I have to wonder... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I only know (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What I wonder is (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Please try to remember... (Score:5, Funny)
I'd say if she were serving the wants of the people, that's significantly better than many, many politicians that server the wants of themselves. It's a strange idea, I know, but you do want your policymakers to listen to the will of the people and support it, and you'd like them to do that even when it is at odds with their own personal belief, if a sufficient majority of the nation wishes a particular change.
I guess what you see is a bad thing, is actually a good thing in my book. Do you want your leader's vote to be for sale to the most powerful lobby, or would you rather it be for sale to the public opinion of the majority? The question isn't whether her opinion can be swayed. The question is who can do it. The point of her stance on Iraq is she and every other member of congress was LIED TO, and made their decisions based on LIES. People actually criticize our policy makers when they do an about face after realizing they were lied to. That's pretty sad.
You should not have looked! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"Ethanol's neat," Clinton says to corn growers. (Score:5, Funny)
Right to privacy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What I wonder is (Score:2, Funny)