Both sides have some good positions on issues of privacy etc. Neither the perfect hacker world, nor the perfect crypto-anarchist world is a realistic possibility. What we as internet users need to do, is get some common sense and find a middle-ground, where the best ideas of everyone can be agreed upon and enacted. People throughout history have gravitated towards ideologies which, in order to function, must rely on an idealized version of humanity. People take to these concepts because they idealize humanity, because they offer utopian dreams.
Human beings enjoy fantasy.
But there is a certain point where, in order for a society to function, we must put aside our fantasies and our differences and work together to a better world. The internet is an integral part of human life now, and with it it has brought humanity together as a global community. It is a monumental task, but we are at the point where to grow as a society and a race, we must achieve the goal of unity. And the beginning of this goal begins, not in the real world, but in the virtual one. It s time for the human race to grow up.