I took a few minutes today to see what was happening at Chez Tremblay this afternoon. I read with curiosity David's thread about leaving because the privacy feature was revoked due to public pressure. I then read the subsequent messages, some supporting David, others not so much. Can I add my two-bits worth?
I think David has a point, a very strong point. The freedom to post in privacy is a feature some people would prefer. I for one. If I could have figured out how to work the thing, I would have posted only incognito, for my own reasons, the first being I happen to live with the board's namesake.
What surprised me most though, was the apathy with which I heard so many say they "couldn't care either way". David is talking about the right to privacy on a public forum. This is not small potatoes. I know most of you are big L liberals and that is why the reaction surprised me so much. Maybe the fact I am Canadian has something to do with the fact that the removal of this personal freedom (yeah, yeah, it's only a privacy function on a fun movie forum) is for me not a small thing. The acceptance of phone tapping, surveillance cameras, and other blatant abuses of our rights and freedoms in the guise of our protection from terror is frightening. David has every right to be dramatic and maybe it's time people become a hell of a lot more dramatic in the light of this Brave New World we are shaping.
Now you guys go ahead, react to what I have to say. Be dramatic. Give a shit. Tell me off if you must but do me a favour, lay off David. He is the most kind, most polite, most positive young gentleman I have met in a long time. Thank goodness there are still people who feel that strongly about things and who are still willing to stand up and say something.
This is a great forum for open and honest discussion. Anger, frustration, drama, tears, love and laughter make it what it is. Don't ever allow it to become any less.
Thanks for hearing me out.
Nicole Tremblay
