On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:27 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > huh. Where did that come from, and who is laughing at the idea that we're at > war? According to the law, public figures have less of a right to privacy > than others. According to Assange's worldview, no one has a right to > privacy.
*I'm* laughing at the idea that we're "at war". I mean, we are, technically, but it's all been rather lame and murky since Iraq. "Go forth, and shop!". I mean, I get it, but I'd rather we were making bombs and rationing gas and sugar and shit, vs being urged to consume "for the country". I'm illogical that way. As for the "public figure" stuff, that's one of the reasons I never became all super famous (LOL). Made me sick to see folk hounded like that. What bugs me, is people, like you and I, who have their heads on *mostly* straight about shit, sorta lose it when they see an opportunity to stick it to the "opposition". Are you *really* advocating that "public figures" should have less of an expectation of privacy than everyday blokes like you and I? I mean, I can see the whole some-famous-comedian-cannot-sue-you-for-making-fun--er,-slander-"fair-use"-type-of-deal, but it should be legal to publish their would-normally-be-private information? That's still an area of law that we're hammering out, and *especially* with the internet, and the coming revolution (some think we're there already, but we ain't even close yet), this is some serious shit... and I dislike seeing attitudes that are pro-government secrets, and anti-personal privacy. It's just that whole sorta "become the monster you fight" type of deal for me, with what you're saying. "Good for the goose is good for the gander", "one bad apple", yadda yadda. Kindasorta. I'm so crazy backwards about things though, I don't have any write-- er, right to criticize, but I do love to chew the cud every now and again. Chew chew. Damn. Now I'm freaking hungry. /me wanders off to raid the crock pot :Den -- It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. Marcus Fabius Quintilian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
