From the ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation or feigned ignorance.
Posts Tagged ‘control’
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Irony
- Having read both articles - both of which are fascinating, I can't find any refererence to Assange claiming any fowl (sorry my goose and gander joke) play at the leaking of the police records. This to me, doesn't smell of irony at all - I see no refererence either as to the source of the police leaks being traced...hmmm Read more >
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Rights
Right.
Right and Wrong.
Might Makes Right.
It’s My Right!
What’s right is right…or is it?????
- David, another very insightful and complex topic. You're keeping us on our toes! Ironically, I just had a conversation about "right" with a friend at dinner the other night. People definitely have strong opinions on the matter which legally and luckily in this country, we all have a "right" to have. Can you imagine living in North Korea? Anyway, I ...
- “Knowledge is power” Francis Bacon “Power corrupts tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” Lord Grey Is that what part of this is about? That control of knowledge is control of power? The right to know what a government is doing is the right to challenge the government’s control of knowledge so as to mitigate that “tendency to corruption” that is brought ...
Monday, December 6th, 2010
WikiLeaks
Who hasn’t heard about or commented on it this week?
- Now here's how you profit from this: http://i.imgur.com/64fLy.jpg
- Thank you David for blogging about this. It's a very important topic. I'm a believer in personal privacy and opting in and/or user control. I believe that people need to have the option to show more or less information to whomever they like and it should not be controlled by the likes of Facebook or Google, etc. Have we become ...
- Who has the authority to make the legal call between consumer data that is private and personal? Internet giants (Facebook, Amazon, Twitter) give us outlets to speak but then use the outlets to increase corporate profits. In fact, whose side are they on? They act as Consumer Advocates to protect our personal information and use it to help us find ...
