I'm sure that I do nothing new in drawing parallels between the occurences in George Orwell's seminal text "1984" and the founding of the Information Awareness Office. It is nothing short of terrifying that someone wants to gather all digital information on anyone and everyone into a giant database for the purpose of finding out who is a social "undesirable" and who isn't. We are moving into another glorious age, where one may come under scrutiny due to the books and films that we rent, the clothes that we buy, and the places that we visit. This has happened before and will probably happen again and we will still probably learn nothing from it. My question is why is everyone so apathetic about this? American's have always clung to their freedoms and privacies with such pride that I cannot help but shake my head in wonder that people are not bringing serious pressure to bear in an attempt to stop this grotesque endeavour.
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