[extropy-chat] privacy rights

[ilsa]

will wash.

On 5/12/06, ilsa <ilsa.bartlett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> hey spike,  join the Unitarian jihad!  that act will was your worries
> away.  googled it and got my jihad Unitarian style name. smile,  ilsa
>
>  >
> > > From: "spike" <spike66 at comcast.net>
> > > ...  Having a baby on the way does change one's perspective on
> > openness.
> > >
> > > How, Spike?
> > >
> > > Olga
> >
> > I am an openness advocate because I am in some ways a special case: I
> > have
> > nothing in my past I want to hide.  (Except perhaps my ExI posts.  {8^D)
> >
> > Likewise my wife has nothing that requires privacy, but while an
> > openness
> > advocate, I do not wish to peer into other people's privacy.  I can
> > think of
> > a zillion perfectly legitimate reasons for not being open.  While I may
> > sign
> > up for openness, young Isaac may not.  My openness compromises his
> > privacy.
> > I don't yet know if he will be a privacy fanatic; he isn't born yet.
> >
> > This next generation thing has me thinking bigtime: I have pondered
> > abandoning the nickname spike, which I have carried for over 20 years
> > now,
> > and carried through my entire professional career.  Reasoning: I could
> > leave
> > behind all traces of everything I have ever posted on the internet.
> >
> > For instance, I cannot be certain I never blammisphied online any
> > religion
> > that could have adherents who may akbar a knife between my ribs at any
> > future date.  I think all my blammisphy has been restricted to the
> > common
> > domestic varieties of religion, but I honestly cannot recall.  The
> > internet
> > never forgets.  Unthinkable scenario: if Iran and Israel go at it with
> > nukes
> > in the next few years, we could end up with a million Tarheel jehadists
> > like
> > Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar.  I could see the wisdom in becoming
> > invisible, or
> > having no memetic past.  Everyone should have that option.
> >
> > spike
> >
> >


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other person.   john coletrane
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