Google and all the free speech money can buy

Scott , over at Matt's blog, writes:

...I am disgusted by some of the comments above. How can anyone who values freedom and privacy not give their full support to Google for doing what amounts to be a courageous thing? ...

I'm struck by how myopic most onliners are about this debate and I replied:

Scott - a thoughtful post but one sided - very odd that you seem to think most of the comments support DOJ's request - onliners all over the web are very much in favor of Google, though I'd guess that most mainsteam folks and the court will wind up supporting DOJ's position and will say "what specific privacy right is violated here?".

The world is complex. You seem to fear Govt abuses more than commercial abuses. My view is that we have far more commercial abuses of info than our (inefficient) Govt could ever dream about. The community has created a very open and virtually uncensored online environment and we better get used to Govt and society at large being threatened by this openness.
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