“There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense.”
Tag: politics
A Victory for Privacy
A recent court decision has granted e-mail the same 4th Amendment protection as your home and your phone calls.
Why do Governments and Corporations become Evil?
The corporate motto of Google, Inc. is “Don’t be Evil.” While this might seem like playful banter from an amazingly successful company, it actually says something deep and meaningful about human society – namely, that organizations; be they corporations, religious groups, or governments; over time become “evil.”
Over-reacting
Terrorism is a real threat, and one that needs to be addressed by appropriate means. But allowing ourselves to be terrorized by wannabe terrorists and unrealistic plots — and worse, allowing our essential freedoms to be lost by using them as an excuse — is wrong.
More on the “Missing Children”
We are rearing our children in captivity — their habitat shrinking almost daily. In 1970 the average nine-year-old girl would have been free to wander 840 metres from her front door. By 1997 it was 280 metres. Now the limit appears to have come down to the front doorstep.