So, if you’re mad at Sony because it’s bad for art and artists, I’m with you. There is nothing cool about silencing artists because they say something you don’t like (again, see Maines, Natalie, 2003).
 
But, if you’re mad at Sony because you’re afraid it makes America look weak and willing to give up its ideals in the face of fear, just remember this: we set our Constitution on fire and watched it burn for a decade in the name of feeling safe.
 
That is, to the people in government who might be furious: don’t ask how an American corporation learned to capitulate to invisible terrorists.
 
It learned by watching you.