[extropy-chat] privacy rights

[ilsa]

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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