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Such a wonderful metaphor.

You can't get any better advice than from Napalm Death:

1. Change your life.

2. You suffer (but why?).

Something in your life-arrangement is wrong. Fix it and move to something you enjoy.

They're morons not to.

Word of mouth in appreciation of a good deed or good product is the most compelling sales pitch you'll ever hear.

As society becomes more chaotic, the cops are going to get more violent and pro-active. Look at police in Brazil and other war zones. They have to be this way, and they're not universally competent, so you get the dog-shooters and zombies volunteering for these missions as well as the regular cops.

Maybe instead of blaming the tool -- the cops -- we should fix our fractured and dysfunctional society.

It's not popular to say this but: democracy is a failure.

We have constant political turmoil, constant corruption, and constant interruption by "well-intentioned" but insane government programs.

The world is constantly unstable.

Let's get away from the popularity model of government and move to the competence model.

Gizmodo? Isn't that a site by the same people who hire reporters who reveal the personal data of internet users? Not interested.

Pure pretense. They're using the NSA debacle as an excuse to pander to the trend and headline-whore.

Gosh, a lack of hierarchy means that everyone is unstable because they might get climbed over by others. Who would've guessed.

Free wi-fi? Free power? SOCIALISM!

I don't think this is America against democracy. Democracy is mob rule.

I think this surveillance was originally a good idea, since all the data's out there and the bad guys are using it. It was abused when it was turned from "listen to all traffic and see if you can find terrorists" to "use this whenever we suspect someone of anything."

Sweden: not only do they have the best death metal, but they have the best icon design. It must all originate in the Futhark.