Re: Great SWT Program

In article <1191986368.876982.236900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<nebulous99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 8, 5:00 am, blm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <blm...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not objecting to any of the specifics of your "bill of rights";
what I find strange is that you call them "rights". I don't have
any objection to your defining a standard of behavior that you
think providers of online services should do their best to meet
and criticizing those who don't meet it; what I find strange is
that you apparently think it's your right to demand that they meet
your standard. (I'm not explaining this very well; if the idea
doesn't come across anyway -- oh well.)

A voluntary standard would be a good first step, but ultimately I
think we really do need some stronger protections of ordinary users
and consumers online.

Could be. I'm not sure how that could be accomplished effectively
(government regulation?), but -- could be. I'm not denying that
there are problems, just wondering whether there's a good solution.

Between attempts at government or big business
to constrain and regulate user behavior in order to fatten their own
wallets or push some particular notion of morality (just look at the
amount of anti-videogame, anti-gambling, and anti-porn activity by
governments online!), and spammers and scammers and yes, bullies on
usenet trying to pierce peoples' anonymity and expose them to the risk
of being stalked or attacked offline ...

"Interac"? .... Ah, apparently I've been guilty of US-centrism.
It hadn't occurred to me that things might work differently in
whatever part of the world you live in.

That would be North America. European banking works differently?

--
B. L. Massingill
ObDisclaimer: I don't speak for my employers; they return the favor.
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