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April 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Individuals – not governments or institutions – have done the most to erode their own rights to privacy, a Sydney audience has been told.
British author and celebrity philosopher AC Grayling made the statement on Tuesday at the opening of the 2012 Sydney Writers’ Festival, which will examine the junction between the private and the public.
Professor Grayling told the 600-strong crowd that CCTV cameras and state surveillance held little threat to our privacy compared with our willing use of Facebook, Twitter and internet search engines that scan our online interactions.
“Being under visual surveillance as you walk around a public space is very different from the other kind of privacy that you can willingly give up when you’re sitting at home,” Prof Grayling said.
Prof Grayling said democratic societies have willingly – if not wittingly – already given up one of their most basic rights.
“There are whole aspects of our privacy, quite apart from being watched in public, that we have given up already,” he said.
Prof Grayling also used his hour at the podium to take aim at governments, which he accused of keeping unreasonable tabs on their citizens in the name of security.
He came to the media’s defence when asked for his take on WikiLeaks.
“In just the same way as I think investigative journalism should be given license, and we should err on the side of license rather than the side of control, so I think that those groups, agencies and individuals who hack into government computers or government communications and who spill the beans about what they’ve learned there, also deserve a certain margin,” he said.
He also had some advice for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is said to be considering taking a stab at the Australian Senate.
“Our political establishments, generally speaking, are fairly confident about being able to tame, castrate and domesticate people who start out their political lives being a nuisance.
“So if Mr Assange does go into the Senate, you can bet your bottom dollar that in 20 years’ time he’s going to be very respectable.”
The Sydney Writers’ Festival takes place 14-20 May.
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