Basically, everyone has already made up their minds whether encryption&#x2F;guns&#x2F;drugs&#x2F;etc are good or bad, and use global events as &quot;proof&quot; of why they are right. It&#x27;s not just the news anchors that do it.<p>When was the last time you read someone say, &quot;And this latest attack has changed my mind...&quot;. Almost never. Mostly it&#x27;s &quot;And this latest attack proves my agenda is right...&quot;