If you don't like Katz, the chances are you don't feel indifferent, you hate him so much you would be pleased to hear he was dead!
Oh come on now, that's entirely uncalled for! I can't believe you really wish him dead because you don't like what he writes! You may not want to read his stuff, and as has been stated many times you don't have to read it. You might find it more convenient if the name 'Jon Katz' never appears on your screen, but surely you can deal with it occasionally?
The fact that all these folk who hate what he writes have at least attempted to read it (even if it was just to start an argument) is an indirect compliment. Writing, or any kind of art, is meant to provoke feelings and reactions in the reader, whether good or bad is almost immaterial. It's meant to make you think, even if you only think about how wrong it is. If people weren't so fixed on the idea of ridding slashdot of Jon Katz, maybe they could contribute to a discussion as to *why* they don't like what he writes.
In any case, wishing people dead because their name occasionally appears on your screen is just ludicrous. I don't agree with much of what Katz writes, yet if a story sounds interesting I'll read it merely to find out how other people feel about the subject.
Most street cameras are very obvious because their purpose is to prevent crime.
The purpose of street cameras is not to prevent crime on the streets, it is to track vehicles belonging to criminals, mostly terrorists, as they drive round the country. It could be argued that this is to stop crime, but it's still rather worrying that people's movements are being tracked in the offchance that they may commit a crime.
I also think it's worrying that police tell people the cameras are to make the streets safer, rather than admitting that their primary function is to track people's movements.
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Oh come on now, that's entirely uncalled for! I can't believe you really wish him dead because you don't like what he writes! You may not want to read his stuff, and as has been stated many times you don't have to read it. You might find it more convenient if the name 'Jon Katz' never appears on your screen, but surely you can deal with it occasionally?
The fact that all these folk who hate what he writes have at least attempted to read it (even if it was just to start an argument) is an indirect compliment. Writing, or any kind of art, is meant to provoke feelings and reactions in the reader, whether good or bad is almost immaterial. It's meant to make you think, even if you only think about how wrong it is. If people weren't so fixed on the idea of ridding slashdot of Jon Katz, maybe they could contribute to a discussion as to *why* they don't like what he writes.
In any case, wishing people dead because their name occasionally appears on your screen is just ludicrous. I don't agree with much of what Katz writes, yet if a story sounds interesting I'll read it merely to find out how other people feel about the subject.
Most street cameras are very obvious because their purpose is to prevent crime.
The purpose of street cameras is not to prevent crime on the streets, it is to track vehicles belonging to criminals, mostly terrorists, as they drive round the country. It could be argued that this is to stop crime, but it's still rather worrying that people's movements are being tracked in the offchance that they may commit a crime.
I also think it's worrying that police tell people the cameras are to make the streets safer, rather than admitting that their primary function is to track people's movements.