Mueen Nawaz <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   I'd say it's more the classical principle of "the end justifies the
> > means". From the point of view of the gornment bending the law is
> > justified if the reason for doing it is good enough. For example,
> > averting terrorism is a good goal, and if reducing people's privacy
> > (even against existing laws) is necessary to do that, it's justified.

>         I agree with everything except for the "is justified" bit.

  I didn't say it's justified. I said that governments usually think it's
justified.

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                                                          - Warp

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