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Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist)Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist)Posted Dec 12, 2003 9:55 UTC (Fri) by dvdeug (subscriber, #10998)In reply to: Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist) by Baylink Parent article: Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist) The problem is any society where most of the people are looking at porn already tolerates it more or less. What about the interracial couple in a part of the world that doesn't like that? Or the interracial couple whose parents don't like that, and to heck with what the rest of the world thinks about it? Or the guy who's into women's feet? That last particularly will never get accepted by society, but will be harmless and happy so long as he can hide his habit.
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Fighting the worms of mass destruction (Economist) Posted Dec 13, 2003 4:14 UTC (Sat) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link] Well, roughly, the answer is that in a Transparent Society -- where no one has *any* privacyabout anything -- people will not be inclined to *try* to take a moral higher-ground (to which they're commonly not entitled anyway) over others, which is the most common source of problems there... Brin makes the argument much mo' better than I; if you're interested, go read the book.
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