1 in 100,000? 1 in 10,000?
This is called black and white thinking and it's generally a intellectual dead end. Applying wanton black and white thinking is a sign of a mind incapable of nuance, and rich, deep thought.
Can't think of one instance where a group was able to politically accomplish something on the basis of "nuance"
If someone is making an appeal to "nuance", they're losing
This is the political version of claiming, "I don't know how to sew and I've never seen someone sew. Therefore sewing is impossible." It's stunningly wrong. I can't seriously believe someone would think this way.
Exactly. This is why I've spent the last ten years of my life trying to find a real unicorn in nature. Weakly held beliefs are never good enough for me!
Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.
I bring this up because all privacy falters in exactly the same way. Everyone is for it so long as <bad person> is not doing something they don't like. To me, it's a binary choice. You are either for privacy or you are not. There is not "well...sorta...except". Tyranny comes in many forms. One of those is waffling on such issues. As a demonstration, I'm sure I'll immediately catch flak for this post and possibly even be accused of being an "anti-vaxxer". These people are the same people who will sell you and your privacy out the second it becomes inconvenient to them. Worse, these people can vote.
The average person will sell you and your privacy out the second they think you're up to no good. Privacy is no good if you know what people are up to. The dunning-kruger effect especially among allegedly intelligent people in regard to this subject has left a lasting impression on me. It's a paradox of the pseudo-intellectual.