Thousands of people around Australia marched this past weekend to express their dissatisfaction and disgust with the Abbott government.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Thousands of people around Australia marched this past weekend to express their dissatisfaction and disgust with the Abbott government.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
Conflict in the Crimea, Arizona legislation, biblical amusement parks, celebrities “giving up” and our embarassment of an Immigration Minister.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
At this rate every single Abbott government minister is going to get a lump of coal in their Santa stocking.
What news story/commentary/analysis has grabbed your attention lately?
David Brin’s latest essay in his longoing series about our Transparent Society: I want the watchers to be watched.
There are competing ethical imperatives, and there’s a balance to be found. It is basic courtesy to respect a pseudonym or some in-confidence knowledge about a person generally, but should that expected courtesy take precedence over the protection of other people from harm which could be avoided if they knew what you know?
Much of this ties in with discussions here over the years; this time I recommend that you do read the comments. It’s some very useful reading to do just before those festive family gatherings.