Certainly Nick has a point about information technology being used to impinge upon basic rights. I do believe that those involved in IT and complexity/modeling should be concerned about the use of these powerful tools. They could be used for example to data mine criticism of the Iraq invasion and the occupation and then this criticism declared to hurt the White House's strategies in Iraq which according to the recent Presidential Executive Order could result in seizure of assets and property. And I do believe one should protest. We live in strange times indeed. Paul
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