I haven't really posted here often, but reading the posts is part of my morning ritual at work. This site has been a great place to get info as well as insight. Thank you CmdrTaco.
actually the law is meant to be unbiased , we just tend to view the situations involving legal issues as simple, winner/loser scenario's.
the trouble is that while the law should remain unbiased, it often becomes biased and this gets overlooked because the bias ussually leans towards the haves rather than the have nots in the world, and since the haves ussualy have the resources and the prestige to be heard loudest, no one cares about the have not's
in the US the digits in the social security number - tell what state you were born in
and roughly what year you were born in
also since we put our name, date of birth, address, phone number (oh and usually just by the first name we can determine gender) on every form we fill out for hospitals, schools, bank loans, opening accounts, applying for credit cards, going to court, purchasing insurance, buying a car, etc.
none of the info is secure any way, we give it away all day every day,
and that's not even considering the fact that you have to show your picture id to prove age, to get a passport, enroll in college, make a transaction in a bank, or heaven help you if you need to go to court.
exactly how secure can this info really be anyway? half the world probably already has it.
every generation a new medium, or means to tell stories and entertain
is introduced. and the old guard of the day has this great opportunity to slam that medium as the down fall of the youth or society, this cycle repeats itself every so often. it's easier to get people to focus on a scape goat for a problem that has existed since man has been breeding.
each generation swears that the next is unruly and out of control and destined for doom
and we basically get doomsday prophets of a sort trying to rally, so called respectable citizens and orginizations to the cause to "Save our youth".
the video game industry hs been the current target alongside rap and rock for the last 20 years
at this point, those who cry against gaming have mostly accepted that they're not getting anywhere
at least not where they intended, so the scheme now is to undermine the artistic and intellectual
side of gaming. basically if they can't squash a culture or medium, than they try labeling the entire culture in such a way as to make anyone who is associated with it appear essentially low class or uncultured.
as gamers or fans of comics, anime, rap, whatever, the best thing to do is not get riled up but continually point out their ignorance and and continue enjoying the things we enjoy.
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I haven't really posted here often, but reading the posts is part of my morning ritual at work. This site has been a great place to get info as well as insight. Thank you CmdrTaco.
actually the law is meant to be unbiased , we just tend to view the situations involving legal issues as simple, winner/loser scenario's. the trouble is that while the law should remain unbiased, it often becomes biased and this gets overlooked because the bias ussually leans towards the haves rather than the have nots in the world, and since the haves ussualy have the resources and the prestige to be heard loudest, no one cares about the have not's
in the US the digits in the social security number - tell what state you were born in and roughly what year you were born in also since we put our name, date of birth, address, phone number (oh and usually just by the first name we can determine gender) on every form we fill out for hospitals, schools, bank loans, opening accounts, applying for credit cards, going to court, purchasing insurance, buying a car, etc. none of the info is secure any way, we give it away all day every day, and that's not even considering the fact that you have to show your picture id to prove age, to get a passport, enroll in college, make a transaction in a bank, or heaven help you if you need to go to court. exactly how secure can this info really be anyway? half the world probably already has it.
every generation a new medium, or means to tell stories and entertain is introduced. and the old guard of the day has this great opportunity to slam that medium as the down fall of the youth or society, this cycle repeats itself every so often. it's easier to get people to focus on a scape goat for a problem that has existed since man has been breeding. each generation swears that the next is unruly and out of control and destined for doom and we basically get doomsday prophets of a sort trying to rally, so called respectable citizens and orginizations to the cause to "Save our youth". the video game industry hs been the current target alongside rap and rock for the last 20 years at this point, those who cry against gaming have mostly accepted that they're not getting anywhere at least not where they intended, so the scheme now is to undermine the artistic and intellectual side of gaming. basically if they can't squash a culture or medium, than they try labeling the entire culture in such a way as to make anyone who is associated with it appear essentially low class or uncultured. as gamers or fans of comics, anime, rap, whatever, the best thing to do is not get riled up but continually point out their ignorance and and continue enjoying the things we enjoy.