On 03/29/2016 04:16 PM, Robert Wall wrote:
Following on to Dave's thoughts on the relationship between anonymity and
freedom to express non-conforming opinions or behaviors, we can liken those
vehicles with totally blackened windows that allow some of their drivers to
have their basic, innate
Interesting! The common thread in both your responses seems to lie in
consideration of consequences. The contradiction between Dave's suggestion
that pressure to conform might disappear when with strangers (which we see on
the internet in spades) and Steve's (and the article's) idea that a p
Following on to Dave's thoughts on the relationship between anonymity and
freedom to express non-conforming opinions or behaviors, we can liken those
vehicles with totally blackened windows that allow some of their drivers to
have their basic, innate rudeness travel with them with impunity and
anon
Glen -
As usual, I like the way you think, even if I might not agree with you!
I think that Mass Surveillance (caps or not) is crafted (among other
things) *to* silence many voices, but as you so aptly point out, it
depends on our ability to be intimidated (if not specifically to
"conform" a
Awareness of being observed by peers and your social group absolutely
inhibits the expression of non-conforming behavior. Anyone who has lived
in a small town – where everybody knows everybody else and where
individual behavior is observed by so many others who can report that
behavior to parents
On 03/29/2016 11:05 AM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
Thought you guys would be interested in this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/03/28/mass-surveillance-silences-minority-opinions-according-to-study/
Is it right to say that mass surveillance _causes_ the silencing? It seems t
