Hmmmm! This is turning into one of those FRIAM conversations that misses the point. Thompson raises an ethical issue; Roberts provides a very precise and personal example of the quandary. The basic conditions for a really great discussion have been realized. But then a third party makes fun of the conversation. And everybody else gets off scott free.
Makes me grumpy. Marcus. Let it be the case that you have friends who have young daughters. Let it be the case that a new-comer to town whom you have started to befriend turns out to be a registered offender. (I.E., you have public knowledge of this person which, however, most people don't know.) What is your obligation in regard to this information? What about the blossoming friendship? Nick From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 3:05 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Privacy vs Open Public Data Marcus, I had to look up the Blue Velvet reference, and I still only get the gist. However, I've grown to love practically anything that David Lynch had a hand it, so I've now added Blue Velvet to my reading list. --Doug On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Marcus G. Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: Doug wrote: > I recently accidentally discovered that a musician friend of mine was a registered sex offender of little girls. On 1/16/13 10:58 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > This is exactly the problem. Am I to become an agency of punishment? Am I to become a vector of Evil? > Choose One. Quickly, please. You guys sound like Jeffrey Beaumont in the film Blue Velvet.. :-) Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile
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