# Smapti is Pitted

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**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907 "2014-05-21T08:14:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907/836 "2014-10-01T14:34:13Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> But if the State wanted to know why you had an abortion, that’d be cool, right?

A distinction without a difference – so saith **Smapti** :

> [@Is the FBI right in decrying the stronger encryption about to come to smartphones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fbi-right-in-decrying-the-stronger-encryption-about-to-come-to-smartphones/699754/68):
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> Well, of _course_ the government has a right to abrogate it, because _the government is the people_ and therefore cannot act contrary to their will.

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