No doubt as a nation there's a lot to discuss in terms of the balance between safety and privacy, not just in this country but globally. I think the problem with the discussion is that it's a minority who are able to be reasonable in the discussion and realize you can't have 100% of both and there needs to be compromises. In my experience, most people either fall into the "anti-government/anti-establishment" camp where they value privacy above everything else and want to strip government agencies of all the tools they need to provide a reasonable amount of protection, and then you have the other side who says "fuck it, I'm not a criminal/terrorist/drug user/pedophile/general bad guy, who cares" and want to give the government carte blanche to reach deep into any and all aspects of our personal lives in the name of "security". There needs to be a lot of give and take on both sides.