No I don’t.

However, until we accept that appalling acts (normally categorised as terror by the media) will happen and are often unpreventable, successive governments of all colours will continue to use this as an excuse to demolish privacy and civil liberty.

Is the fact that govt’s spy on our online activity any surprise when even so called democracies imprison people without trial or meaningful evidence and then force feed them when they have the temerity to complain?

We may want and need better, more tolerant, liberal, progressive democracies around the world. However, before that happens the population in general needs to engage more and at the very least vote.

Until this happens we can expect the usual diet of sensationalised headlines followed by general brouhaha followed by acceptance on the basis that nothing ever changes.

Maybe this NSAgate will finally irritate people enough for them to act … if not we will continue to get the politicians we deserve.