Should governments and spies spend more time on Twitter? (Globe and Mail)
This article is offensive for many reasons.
1.) In a supposedly democratic society, Canada, we are using the opportunity for popular uprisings demanding democracy in Egypt to discuss whether or not our arms of the state should be spying on such media so that they can better predict and stop such democratic movements. Included in the discussion are protests and demonstrations.
2.) The connection can be easily made that there is veiled envy for China's policies here.
3.) It is offensive to our intelligence for an article to act as though law enforcement weren't ALREADY 'spying' in these ways. Only a fool would think that the Internet is not being monitored.
4.) It makes me feel great inside that the government would take it upon themselves to 'correct' us and get in there in the debate (of course we know we could trust them in that they would never do so undercover). Please, oh father, let me know if I have erred.
