Comment 74579

By Ted Mitchell (registered) | Posted February 21, 2012 at 11:55:33

Ryan, you would be disappointed if the RCMP didn't have a file on you? I would.

What interests me is the parallels you can draw between C-30 and the gun control registry.

In both cases the state infringes on the privacy of the law abiding majority for little gain. Heavily, in the case of C-30. In both cases the criminal element is not much reduced by this infringement, as they have other ways (illegal unregistered weapons; aliases, encryption) of eluding the law.

If personal freedom is the only basis of your ideology, you will have the same stand on both issues. If you insist on harm reduction entering the equation it gets more complicated. But our political and legal systems are a long way from reaching 'harm minimization' as a societal goal. Simple concept, but it requires smart, objective people to practice it (sigh...) If we did so, the Conservatives would be more deserving of the label "terrorists" than Greenpeace is.

Amazing that Toews chooses to play the victim from the Anonymous personal hack, when this is precisely the kind of information that Joe Cop down the street can dig up on anyone on a whim. Maybe Toews is too stupid, or hypocritical, to see the irony. Any rational person would slink off in the shadows realizing, "oh, yeah, that's the downside. Sorry."

I think the best way of addressing a problem such as child porn is to set up a third party internet intelligence division which can be triggered quickly by police request, but Joe Cop is not allowed to do it himself. Only positive findings relevant to the suspected crime are forwarded to police. The third party must be carefully watched by an ombudsman and have serious penalties for unwarranted privacy invasion.

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