So of course, if you have kids, the only logical thing to do is to pay someone else $15/month to stalk them online for you.
Archive for the ‘ethics’ Category
64% of teens say that most teens do things online that they wouldn’t want their parents to know about.
Posted in economics, education, ethics, hypocrisy, internet, media, privacy, technology, tagged paranoia, parenting on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Little Slice of Irony in Salem
Posted in constitution, economics, ethics, hypocrisy, oregon, politics, property, tax, tagged hypocrisy, oregon, sizemore on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m kind of shocked that the R-G folks couldn’t come up with anything more salacious in this article about Bill Sizemore’s tax fraud woes:
A judge agreed Monday to delay conservative activist Bill Sizemore’s arraignment, giving the longtime foe of public employees three more weeks to decide whether to accept taxpayer-funded legal defense against criminal charges [...]
Whoops there goes Harold!
Posted in castle doctrine, ethics, free speech, politics, privacy, privilege, property on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some high-caliber reporting about Florida’s Castle Doctrineright here:
Whoops! There goes Harold! Just an accident!
Eugene City Police Ordered to Release Taser Police Report
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, free speech, media, oregon, politics, prejudice, private press, public domain, torture on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
from the Register-Guard:
The order issued Monday afternoon came after The Register-Guard and the Eugene Weekly separately asked the District Attorney’s Office to overturn a city decision that asserted state laws pertaining to personnel records required the police reports to remain secret until the city completes a misconduct investigation into officer Judd Warden’s actions. [...]
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good news for health science
Posted in constitution, economics, ethics, fair use, free speech, medicine, patents, property, science on November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
another link from Wired this morning: pro bono group’s challenge to patent on naturally-occurring genetic material allowed to proceed:
U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet of New York, in ruling that the case may proceed to trial, noted that the litigation might open the door to challenges of a host of other patented genes. About [...]
If the law is a secret, do you have to obey it?
Posted in copyright, dissent, economics, ethics, first sale doctrine, free speech, internet, media, politics, technology on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m thinking that negotiating a secret treaty that will strip rights from internet users to pacify movie studios is a pretty good way to make sure that it’s eventually rejected by the American people.
if he regrets it so much, why doesn’t he resign?
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, hypocrisy, impeachment, torture on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Really it’s the only honorable thing for Jay Bybee to do- he certainly shouldn’t wait for the Congress to remove him via impeachment. But this kind of half-assed “oh my bad, I had no idea they would take my memo that said torture is OK and then actually use it” non-apology press release bullshit [...]
