Will Johnston

"Orwellian Reality: "I am confused as to at what point you think I make those claims about not wanting the CIA to read the internet." In your original comment you said, "You are completely missing the point, genius. Have you ever heard of a 'slippery slope' philosophy? ... This slope that we are fast sliding down is leading us to the world of 1984 but the amusing thing is that YOU, none of YOU, are going to claim no responsibility" You wrote this in reply to Karla's original comment which reads (in entirety) "how ridiculous..people are sharing their thoughts with the WHOLE WORLD and they are worried about the CIA popping in to have a look? Someone has been watching too much Sci-Fi !!" I'm not sure how I would understand your comment other than that you were saying that the CIA monitoring information publicly published online is part of the "slippery slope." Thus when you say, "I am confused as to at what point you think I make those claims about not wanting the CIA to read the..." - Will Johnston

"Well, the argument is that there may come a point at which you do have something to worry about if the government doesn't like what you're doing (i.e. planning a protest), even if what you're doing isn't actually wrong. That said, if you post information publicly, expect the government to be able to read it, just like everyone else." - Will Johnston

"There are legitimate privacy concerns, but the government reading information that a person chooses to publicize isn't one of them. If you put something online, on TV, on a bulletin board in your office, et cetera, you made it public. You wanted people to see it. Anyone who has access to the space in which you placed it is allowed to view it. Do you really think the CIA shouldn't read the Internet?" - Will Johnston

"Thanks, yeah, guess I'm a bit out of it today. Made the correction." - Will Johnston