After a long time, I have come back to write this blog.
Snowden blows it all for US again. Another interesting case , where privacy of life has little meaning left , no matter, you are in US or in Timbaktu.
In my post Murdoch Mad Masala,http://wildstud.blogspot.com/2011/07/murdoch-curry-masala.html I had written about an open life, where you really cannot hide anything from anyone and more and more of this is showing up routinely. Well, it is a self correcting system and how do I care, if the government wants to listen to my calls or read my blogs or check my emails. But yes, those into governance have a bigger fear as there is another Snowden, waiting to leak all there misdeeds to media.
Interestingly, it was US, which always cried foul on being cyber attacked by Chinese and now has to defend its position attacking Chinese, Europeans, Indians and whomsoever it wanted. Most hilarious was the comment of Obama, wherein he says, what is so big about it, everyone is doing on everyone else. If I do something like this next time, I will use the same Phrase.
Actually, the one thing I love about American people is the courage they have to come out and speak against subjects which they believe undermine human freedom. Whether it is about Guantanamo Bay or it is the Officer, who leaked tons of information to wiki leaks or now Snowden. While in the eyes of strict government laws, these are legally offensive issues and the person has to pay a very high price of his own freedom, but then was it not Mandela or Gandhi or Martin Luther King, prosecuted and imprisoned for speaking out and against the system. If Snowden has sold the classified information, it was still treason, but raise an alarm is awakening of the conscious of the person, which does not accept the system.
Whether Snowden revelation will stop countries to be a peeping tom is still doubtful. But I subtly support monitoring of crooks and bringing them to the books. Only worry is many a times, it is not the crooks, who are paying a price, but the normal weak person, who ends up being extorted or harassed for rather simple issues. As for me, each and every single Government officer and politician should be monitored in third world and within months, we will see world free of corruption Any why Government officers, because they have chosen to be into Public Service. And public service means a clean , humble ,selfless and supportive service to the people. Even, if they are not monitored, they should have this fear that they could well be under electronic surveillance. Let us enjoy a cleaner world with least red tape . Did Obama not say, more risk is on him as when he leaves the president ship, the same system can infringe his privacy.
Obama should pardon Snowden and Assange , as much as he has admitted that the US security indeed infringed the personal domain of people and countries. Is it not that one of the CIA officer was caught red handed in Moscow trying to bribe the Russian for classified information. Well, it is all a routine game. We all know it. Only thing is that spying is not so much sophisticated anymore. Anyone with good hacking skills qualifies to be a good spy. No government in the world can stop this personal skill of people. Let the Governments make up their minds, how for they want to go into the personal lives of people and specially, not their own citizens.
Egypt : Most classical case, where the elected Government today was thrown out by its people. For the first time, the world has realized that it is not just the ballot box , which matters, but the deliverable s to the people . When people do not see improvement in the quality of lives, they will pull down the government. It has laid the basis of many a non functional governments to be booted out henceforth.
It has also shown that fundamentalist will have little say in modern Egypt. Well, let the events unfold and I only hope, Egypt gets a good government , which meets the aspiration of its people.
Aids Cure : Finally Aids is curable. Thanks to Bone marrow cells. Two aids patients already cured and let us hope that within a year or so, Aids is fully curable disease.
Whatever said, the world is becoming an interesting place with Internet and satellite television.
Snowden blows it all for US again. Another interesting case , where privacy of life has little meaning left , no matter, you are in US or in Timbaktu.
In my post Murdoch Mad Masala,http://wildstud.blogspot.com/2011/07/murdoch-curry-masala.html I had written about an open life, where you really cannot hide anything from anyone and more and more of this is showing up routinely. Well, it is a self correcting system and how do I care, if the government wants to listen to my calls or read my blogs or check my emails. But yes, those into governance have a bigger fear as there is another Snowden, waiting to leak all there misdeeds to media.
Interestingly, it was US, which always cried foul on being cyber attacked by Chinese and now has to defend its position attacking Chinese, Europeans, Indians and whomsoever it wanted. Most hilarious was the comment of Obama, wherein he says, what is so big about it, everyone is doing on everyone else. If I do something like this next time, I will use the same Phrase.
Actually, the one thing I love about American people is the courage they have to come out and speak against subjects which they believe undermine human freedom. Whether it is about Guantanamo Bay or it is the Officer, who leaked tons of information to wiki leaks or now Snowden. While in the eyes of strict government laws, these are legally offensive issues and the person has to pay a very high price of his own freedom, but then was it not Mandela or Gandhi or Martin Luther King, prosecuted and imprisoned for speaking out and against the system. If Snowden has sold the classified information, it was still treason, but raise an alarm is awakening of the conscious of the person, which does not accept the system.
Whether Snowden revelation will stop countries to be a peeping tom is still doubtful. But I subtly support monitoring of crooks and bringing them to the books. Only worry is many a times, it is not the crooks, who are paying a price, but the normal weak person, who ends up being extorted or harassed for rather simple issues. As for me, each and every single Government officer and politician should be monitored in third world and within months, we will see world free of corruption Any why Government officers, because they have chosen to be into Public Service. And public service means a clean , humble ,selfless and supportive service to the people. Even, if they are not monitored, they should have this fear that they could well be under electronic surveillance. Let us enjoy a cleaner world with least red tape . Did Obama not say, more risk is on him as when he leaves the president ship, the same system can infringe his privacy.
Obama should pardon Snowden and Assange , as much as he has admitted that the US security indeed infringed the personal domain of people and countries. Is it not that one of the CIA officer was caught red handed in Moscow trying to bribe the Russian for classified information. Well, it is all a routine game. We all know it. Only thing is that spying is not so much sophisticated anymore. Anyone with good hacking skills qualifies to be a good spy. No government in the world can stop this personal skill of people. Let the Governments make up their minds, how for they want to go into the personal lives of people and specially, not their own citizens.
Egypt : Most classical case, where the elected Government today was thrown out by its people. For the first time, the world has realized that it is not just the ballot box , which matters, but the deliverable s to the people . When people do not see improvement in the quality of lives, they will pull down the government. It has laid the basis of many a non functional governments to be booted out henceforth.
It has also shown that fundamentalist will have little say in modern Egypt. Well, let the events unfold and I only hope, Egypt gets a good government , which meets the aspiration of its people.
Aids Cure : Finally Aids is curable. Thanks to Bone marrow cells. Two aids patients already cured and let us hope that within a year or so, Aids is fully curable disease.
Whatever said, the world is becoming an interesting place with Internet and satellite television.
No comments:
Post a Comment