Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A new dawn for me
Polanski
I have resisted riding on the coattails of other people. But it seems that linking is the only way for me. So here goes. Ann Bartow at FLP, among many others, has a great post up about the Roman Polanski saga. So does Dr. Socks at Reclusive Leftist.here
The fact that this is causing a debate at all is troubling.
I have resisted riding on the coattails of other people. But it seems that linking is the only way for me. So here goes. Ann Bartow at FLP, among many others, has a great post up about the Roman Polanski saga. So does Dr. Socks at Reclusive Leftist.here
The fact that this is causing a debate at all is troubling.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
We, the sheep, reserve the inalienable right to follow other sheep off the cliff
HOAX
While a fake story went viral, for a publicity stunt, real danger was moved into the background. Although in days past I viewed publicity stunts as a tolerable necessity of the few to many form of communication, this sucks. But stories such as this hoax demonstrate how greatly the threat of unethical behavior's use, lies, and propaganda, and such, effect or lives at the speed of light regardless of our participation in spreading them.
Unfortunately the internet is no better and no worse a citizen, a friend, a teacher than we. After all, we are the internet.
While a fake story went viral, for a publicity stunt, real danger was moved into the background. Although in days past I viewed publicity stunts as a tolerable necessity of the few to many form of communication, this sucks. But stories such as this hoax demonstrate how greatly the threat of unethical behavior's use, lies, and propaganda, and such, effect or lives at the speed of light regardless of our participation in spreading them.
Unfortunately the internet is no better and no worse a citizen, a friend, a teacher than we. After all, we are the internet.
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