Anonymity takes away some from the experience. Part of the "close friend" thing is the ability to open yourself up to ridicule and being hurt and to not be ridiculed or hurt. Anonymity puts up a wall, and that wall makes close friendships harder, no matter what you talk about.
Mabey it is long work hours:
sited from http://www.braunconsulting.com/bcg/newsletters/win t2000.html
In a report last year by the International Labor Organization it was shown that U.S. workers averaged nearly 2,000 hours of work every year. (40 hours per week x 52 weeks = 2,080 hours.) This compares to other workforces in other countries working fewer hours than we do. For example, on average U.S. workers spend 70 hours more per year on the job than their Japanese counterparts, and nearly 350 hours per year more than Europeans. This equates to nearly 10 more weeks of work per year.
People work to hard and work too long. People seem to know that life isn't about work, yet them work longer and longer. We have to come to the realization that wealth can be better mesured though friendships than who has a bigger car.
I find it interesting that you are using your freedom of speech, which people have died to gain and protect, to criticize free speech. Remember it is the belief in that right that allows you to state your opinion. Sure, that opinion can lead to death of thousands of innocents (like in the Holocaust and North Korea), but it is your right to state it.
I'm all for protecting out citizens from crime, but the fact of the matter is that a unchecked government is way more of a threat to society then any one person. Even 9/11 killed only a few thousand, when corrupt governments can kill and oppress millions. Libraries are especially protected, because they exist for free information. If a person is worried about the government looking at what they read, they will be influenced in their choices, and therefore the information is no longer free. This limits the freedom of speech, and that is the first step to a totalitarian government.
We believe in freedom over safety because while it is easy for us to sacrifice rights for safety, history has shown that blood must often be shed to gain them back.
I'm not sure "a good reason" is quite enough. They need to have a legally good reason, which can only be determined by the court. Library records are not something that can be gotten lightly. A library is a place you can go for free information, and if you have to fear the government looking at what you check out, you will be influenced, and therefore the information is no longer free. Plus, she is not qualified to sacrifice the rights of her readers. The rights weren't hers to sacrifice.
You a right, the little girl does have rights, and that is why the police work fervently to catch the culperate. But the fact remains that the rights of that one girl do not justify the violation of the rights of all. A government with no checks can do much more damage then any one person ever could, which is just what not demanding a warrant supports. It is true that a pedophile can ruin the lives of 100's of children, but a corrupt government can ruin thousands. Every genocide and every totalitarian state is a testament to just that.
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Anonymity takes away some from the experience. Part of the "close friend" thing is the ability to open yourself up to ridicule and being hurt and to not be ridiculed or hurt. Anonymity puts up a wall, and that wall makes close friendships harder, no matter what you talk about.
Mabey it is long work hours: sited from http://www.braunconsulting.com/bcg/newsletters/win t2000.html
In a report last year by the International Labor Organization it was shown that U.S. workers averaged nearly 2,000 hours of work every year. (40 hours per week x 52 weeks = 2,080 hours.) This compares to other workforces in other countries working fewer hours than we do. For example, on average U.S. workers spend 70 hours more per year on the job than their Japanese counterparts, and nearly 350 hours per year more than Europeans. This equates to nearly 10 more weeks of work per year.
People work to hard and work too long. People seem to know that life isn't about work, yet them work longer and longer. We have to come to the realization that wealth can be better mesured though friendships than who has a bigger car.
My question is, what would be the Internet version of firemen? ( reference)
I find it interesting that you are using your freedom of speech, which people have died to gain and protect, to criticize free speech. Remember it is the belief in that right that allows you to state your opinion. Sure, that opinion can lead to death of thousands of innocents (like in the Holocaust and North Korea), but it is your right to state it.
I'm all for protecting out citizens from crime, but the fact of the matter is that a unchecked government is way more of a threat to society then any one person. Even 9/11 killed only a few thousand, when corrupt governments can kill and oppress millions. Libraries are especially protected, because they exist for free information. If a person is worried about the government looking at what they read, they will be influenced in their choices, and therefore the information is no longer free. This limits the freedom of speech, and that is the first step to a totalitarian government. We believe in freedom over safety because while it is easy for us to sacrifice rights for safety, history has shown that blood must often be shed to gain them back.
I'm not sure "a good reason" is quite enough. They need to have a legally good reason, which can only be determined by the court. Library records are not something that can be gotten lightly. A library is a place you can go for free information, and if you have to fear the government looking at what you check out, you will be influenced, and therefore the information is no longer free. Plus, she is not qualified to sacrifice the rights of her readers. The rights weren't hers to sacrifice.
You a right, the little girl does have rights, and that is why the police work fervently to catch the culperate. But the fact remains that the rights of that one girl do not justify the violation of the rights of all. A government with no checks can do much more damage then any one person ever could, which is just what not demanding a warrant supports. It is true that a pedophile can ruin the lives of 100's of children, but a corrupt government can ruin thousands. Every genocide and every totalitarian state is a testament to just that.