4 Jul
2001
4 Jul
'01
7:28 a.m.
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, R. D. Davis wrote:
Back something slightly more on-topic: how many here,
when giving
further tought to the pros and cons of computers get the feeling that
we'd all be better off if computers and some related technology didn't
exist? I'm thinking of those cameras attached to computers which are
You can make the same argument for guns, now can't you? The fact is,
lambasting any technology because of what it can be used for is attacking
the problem from the wrong end.
The real concern should be ensuring that all technology is used in a
responsible manner, whether it be a gun or a camera. The people we elect
to be in charge of making these decisions are the ones who are
accountable, meaning that we are accountable. The trouble is, in a
democracy (which technical, we are not...we are a constitutional
republic, or at least we're supposed to be) even the morons who would
trade their inalienable rights for a false sense of security get to vote.
So anything short of violent revolution will be inadequate to remedies the
ills we suffer at the hands of our collective government.
Remember, at the same time, we can use computers to counter the threats to
civil liberties.
Computers don't track people. People track people.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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