I think I am winding down on this thread... I get your viewpoint, I just don't agree with it.
-Cameron On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > As for the old saw about government overseers. Consider this, these > mechanisms I mentioned are beginning to be very well understood, and > are being used. The question becomes whom within society do you want > to control these? Governments, whom ideally has the best interests of > the citizens at heart? > > Corporate interests, who are mostly concerned about profits and > returns to the shareholders, and not the larger society. > > Religions - who mostly ought to have the best interests of people - > but mostly are interested in power over their followers? Just look at > what is happening with Islam, and various branches of the Christian > faith. > > Other organizations or groups? Again we have power and control issues here. > > Myself, I'm very suspicious of all of the above. We know the history > of corporate behavior and how often the profit motive takes precedence > over all else, look at such things as the Love Canal, Bhupal India, > Minamata and Niigata in Japan, etc., etc.Also do you really want the > advertising industry to control these things? Look at their record. > > Religion - you all know my opinion on most religions and how dangerous > they can be to the individual. > > Other organizations? At the very least there is the matter of > accountability and power. > > So what is left ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312452 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
