Comments on: Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ronan http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-407289 Ronan Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:44:25 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-407289 what I find interesting is that in the past people might have thought these sort of surveillance technologies would be foisted on society, or would be the tools of totalitarianism. now we can see that people actually gleefully sign up for various surveillance technologies, because they come as fun leisure pursuits. the benefits are interesting too though, I mean, if we approach a society where the net and computers become like an extra sense, ie something you carry around with you that is constantly informing you about where you are/who else is there/what is nearby, no matter how unfamiliar you are with a place, well that's kind of fascinating and the ways it might bring people/information together are really mindboggling. what I find interesting is that in the past people might have thought these sort of surveillance technologies would be foisted on society, or would be the tools of totalitarianism.

now we can see that people actually gleefully sign up for various surveillance technologies, because they come as fun leisure pursuits.

the benefits are interesting too though, I mean, if we approach a society where the net and computers become like an extra sense, ie something you carry around with you that is constantly informing you about where you are/who else is there/what is nearby, no matter how unfamiliar you are with a place, well that’s kind of fascinating and the ways it might bring people/information together are really mindboggling.

]]> By: Finola Howard http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-404968 Finola Howard Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:36:29 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-404968 It begs the question of exactly how conscious we are in each of our societies doesn't it? Not only are we unconscious of the negative but also of the positive - is this why most advertising is about escaping somehow be it through ipods or gaming consoles - so we don't have to face the truth of what's really going on? And again I have to say there are positives that we also choose to ignore... Great post Damien... Do you ever get tired of being aware? It begs the question of exactly how conscious we are in each of our societies doesn’t it? Not only are we unconscious of the negative but also of the positive – is this why most advertising is about escaping somehow be it through ipods or gaming consoles – so we don’t have to face the truth of what’s really going on? And again I have to say there are positives that we also choose to ignore…

Great post Damien… Do you ever get tired of being aware?

]]> By: PaulSweeney http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-404903 PaulSweeney Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:40:34 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-404903 "Blackmail is just an arbitrage opportunity between exposure and full disclosure"....:) “Blackmail is just an arbitrage opportunity between exposure and full disclosure”….:)

]]> By: lexia http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-402123 lexia Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:12:09 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-402123 One of my favourite posts this year. Loved it. One of my favourite posts this year. Loved it.

]]> By: OneForTheRoad http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-402090 OneForTheRoad Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:43:47 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-402090 Epic stuff. *frantically googles self* Epic stuff.

*frantically googles self*

]]> By: Philip http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-402051 Philip Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:39:44 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-402051 Great post and great quote, by the way Great post and great quote, by the way

]]> By: Philip http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-402050 Philip Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:39:12 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-402050 It's not just the young who shrug their shoulders. Middle-aged weekend shoppers to New York etc blithely have their iris and fingerprints taken as if it were no big deal. Some even think it makes them safer though they can't explain exactly why. Well, dear agent who's scanning this, I'm not a terrorist or even a subversive, armchair or otherwise, but as that great American Johnny Cash once put it in his great song A Boy Named Sue: My name is Sue How do you do I've got a different point of view. It’s not just the young who shrug their shoulders. Middle-aged weekend shoppers to New York etc blithely have their iris and fingerprints taken as if it were no big deal. Some even think it makes them safer though they can’t explain exactly why.

Well, dear agent who’s scanning this, I’m not a terrorist or even a subversive, armchair or otherwise, but as that great American Johnny Cash once put it in his great song A Boy Named Sue:

My name is Sue
How do you do
I’ve got a different point of view.

]]> By: Is it Just me? http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-401971 Is it Just me? Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:15:48 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-401971 Really good post Damien....*frantically scours internet* Really good post Damien….*frantically scours internet*

]]> By: Gamma Goblin http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-401411 Gamma Goblin Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:29:05 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-401411 I have nude pictures of Damien if you really want them Gerry :) I have nude pictures of Damien if you really want them Gerry :)

]]> By: Branedy http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/comment-page-1/#comment-401229 Branedy Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:20:05 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2007/10/03/give-me-six-lines-written-by-the-most-honorable-of-men-and-i-will-find-an-excuse-in-them-to-hang-him/#comment-401229 <i>You can’t be blackmailed if everyone knows your business, right?</i> and even if you know someone is a crook, you can't remove them from office ;-) You can’t be blackmailed if everyone knows your business, right?
and even if you know someone is a crook, you can’t remove them from office ;-)

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