Private Conversations

It seems that the Royal household is being hacked. The privacy of their mobile phones has been compromised
After a seven-month investigation by the police the Royal Editor of the News of the World and one of his associates have been arrested and interrogated. They were released after 40 hours of questioning. Apparently minor information printed in the tabloid caught the eye of police and they put two and two together and realised that inside information must have been used to get the stories. They were relatively innocuous stories but nevertheless they compromised Prince Charles's sons.
So what? You may think it's nothing. But think of the possibilities. If they can get access to private phone calls it doesn't have to stop at the Royals.
High-powered business deals could be jeopardised. Military secrets could be public knowledge. Political dealings could be put at risk. Our safety and security could be as naught.
Rupert Murdoch has always been known as a tough man who gets what he wants - whether it be freedom from restrictive practices of unions or friendship with, and influence over, the great and the good.
He has more than a little power to influence the nation with his moron-appeal tabloids. If he chose to use such private information to influence his readers he could make a radical difference to the way this country was run.
I, for one, don't want to be ruled - albeit under cover - by a money-grabbing Australian bigot. With all its imperfections I prefer to be part of a democratic state.