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Random Thoughts...
May. 10th, 2003 11:12 pmI've been surfing the net and LJ. There are a lot of things I see that get me going "whatwhatwhat" like Kyle's mom in South Park.
First, I read this article by Andrew Vachss, who happens to be one of my husband's favorite writers, on Cyber Chumps. He's right, certain crimes existed long before Internet Explorer was a gleam in the eye of Bill Gates. While there are a lot of privacy issues that are questionable with the internet, I agree with what he says here: "Cyber-chumps "trust the Net" as fundamentalists do the Bible. That trust has great capacity to promote predators. Darwin dictates that, without skepticism, intellect dies. That's the danger, people. And it's very, very real."
Sidenote regarding finding things on the internet. For months people wondered who to complain to about a bitch that yammered about copyright issues on AOL, yet, on her own domain, she posted up a lot of posts without permission THEN had the gall to tell those reading it they needed her permission or the original writer's to reproduce it; would have been nice if she told them who the original posters were. Flipping hypocrite.... and of course a few people that didn't know the whole story were jumping up going... "But.. she CAN edit and crop pictures and put them on her character page if the artist says so." Well... yeah she can, but you know what? Look past the smokescreen, people, and see the bigger picture.
I'm not perfect, but I do try very hard to NOT beat people about the head for something I am guilty of doing. I have, on occasion, used photos of actresses for roleplay characters, but I don't stand there screeching at people to not do that. It's your own conscience and the law you will deal with in the end.
First, I read this article by Andrew Vachss, who happens to be one of my husband's favorite writers, on Cyber Chumps. He's right, certain crimes existed long before Internet Explorer was a gleam in the eye of Bill Gates. While there are a lot of privacy issues that are questionable with the internet, I agree with what he says here: "Cyber-chumps "trust the Net" as fundamentalists do the Bible. That trust has great capacity to promote predators. Darwin dictates that, without skepticism, intellect dies. That's the danger, people. And it's very, very real."
Sidenote regarding finding things on the internet. For months people wondered who to complain to about a bitch that yammered about copyright issues on AOL, yet, on her own domain, she posted up a lot of posts without permission THEN had the gall to tell those reading it they needed her permission or the original writer's to reproduce it; would have been nice if she told them who the original posters were. Flipping hypocrite.... and of course a few people that didn't know the whole story were jumping up going... "But.. she CAN edit and crop pictures and put them on her character page if the artist says so." Well... yeah she can, but you know what? Look past the smokescreen, people, and see the bigger picture.
I'm not perfect, but I do try very hard to NOT beat people about the head for something I am guilty of doing. I have, on occasion, used photos of actresses for roleplay characters, but I don't stand there screeching at people to not do that. It's your own conscience and the law you will deal with in the end.
