[Alumni-chat] Re: honorable and sincere?

[Art Dole]

On 2/16/08 7:10 AM, "dl bahr" <dlbahr at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I suppose it is a question of content or identity.  In a chatline we do not
> have face to face to identify anyone so I prefer to go by content.  It is not
> who you know but what you say that counts.  Plenty of people are nitpickers
> and some of us go off the deep end but we learn through the exchange NOT
> through the attack.  I dare us to care about us and to come together to Save
> Antioch--this will require tolerance.  This is my FINAL comment on this
> thread.
> 
>>(Note. I have deliberately erased most  of this thread not out of disrespect
for those who commented but to reduce redundancy.)

This morning after I had ploughed through several chats in which good people
sniped at one another, I turned on one of my favorite programs, Book TV. On
Book TV if you have not seen it,  cable channel presents reviews of current
non-fiction each week end. Daniel Solove, a law professor, talked for half
an hour about his new book, "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor &
Privacy on the Internet."

Solove's main point is relevant to all  of us on this chat and anyone else
who uses the internet. Any statement, true or false, fact or fancy, voiced
by an idiot or a genius, possibly may be shared with millions. Personal
remarks about others can now travel around the planet in seconds. Solove
argued against government control of this threat to privacy and speculated
that perhaps tort (civil) law  could be developed to mitigate damage.

The program may be repeated next week and the book may soon be at OK
(Duffy?).

Both we geezers and youngsters must cope with the implications of new
technology.

That's my comment for the day. Feel free to criticize this comment but not
the messenger.

Art Dole