Yeah, well it isn't like they went to McDonald's or anything. The restaurant is rated as "expensive". I think then, that you can characterize the lunch as expensive. It's fine if they cater sandwiches in, but lunch and drinks at an expensive restaurant are just that - expensive.
I agree that it is best not to embellish, but I don't see that here. Editorializing, certainly.
More people are starting to use the internet for their personal correspondence and business.
There are strict laws governing snail mail to protect against this very abuse we're seeing, among others. Imagine if companies, and the government, were able to know every bit of content in your snail mail? Would you be comfortable with that? What if every bit of your communication is available to the highest bidder? (a possible outcome of all this if something isn't done now)
Change the laws! Why is this information not as important as the stuff that goes on paper? Apply the same mindset that we have with the mail system towards internet traffic. I'd be fine if they recorded traffic's origin and destination, but they shouldn't lawfully have access to the *content* of my correspondence.
Technology is only going to make this oversight easier and easier. We have to educate people and change attitudes starting now.
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Yeah, well it isn't like they went to McDonald's or anything. The restaurant is rated as "expensive". I think then, that you can characterize the lunch as expensive. It's fine if they cater sandwiches in, but lunch and drinks at an expensive restaurant are just that - expensive.
I agree that it is best not to embellish, but I don't see that here. Editorializing, certainly.
More people are starting to use the internet for their personal correspondence and business.
There are strict laws governing snail mail to protect against this very abuse we're seeing, among others. Imagine if companies, and the government, were able to know every bit of content in your snail mail? Would you be comfortable with that? What if every bit of your communication is available to the highest bidder? (a possible outcome of all this if something isn't done now)
Change the laws! Why is this information not as important as the stuff that goes on paper? Apply the same mindset that we have with the mail system towards internet traffic. I'd be fine if they recorded traffic's origin and destination, but they shouldn't lawfully have access to the *content* of my correspondence.
Technology is only going to make this oversight easier and easier. We have to educate people and change attitudes starting now.