Yield to the Panopticon
This story about outing meth offenders is bound to snowball into every drug offense, and in turn, into internet directories covering all past criminal convictions:
Click here for drug offenders - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com
Ought to be interesting. I look forward to seeing my own “youthful indiscretions” online. Other parents in my town can more easily decide whether to let their kids hang out with mine. That way I don’t waste time trying to earn the trust and respect of my commmunity… an overvalued commodity at any rate.
on December 7th, 2006 at 4:05 am
the outward appearance of respect is a valueless commodity. better to live authentically
and have the respect of those who value such things, warts and all, than to live in
stepford. as for trust, the only people i trust, i’ve known for 12 to 20 years or i was
in the middle of combat with them. short list, indeed.
on December 19th, 2006 at 9:32 am
Panopticons? Aren’t those the race of evil Speak-and-Spell based robots that Optimus Prime fought against in the fourth Cybertronian war?