rivermouse
Senior Chief Petty Officer
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In regards to Bubba's original post, I do believe that certain individuals have obligations to limit their publicly expressed opinions. A school teacher should probably not be posting pictures on Facebook of themselves puking on Saturday night with the caption "Blowing off steam from the work week". Posting a pic of themselves at a winery with friends with the caption "Enjoying time off with friends" is much more acceptable. Fact is they may both be getting blasted drunk because the little loud mouthed brat in their class is driving them nuts but I wholeheartedly agree that, due to their profession, they should limit their public image to socially acceptable ideologies. If they'd like to post pics of themselves barfing in the street, maybe they should work for the construction company I used to work for. They obviously didn't mind that kind of thing.
On the topic of limiting yourself to texts and emails....well....your text messages are actively monitored. About 2 years ago we received a call from a cell provider who notified us of a series of text messages about someone witnessing what they believed was a body being rolled up in a tarp and thrown in a truck bed. They provided us with not only the phone owners name, DOB, address, phone number, email address and secondary contacts but their current location as well. You are, indeed, being monitored.
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just what we need...more regulations :facepalm:
...or maybe another word might be protection. All sort of things in life are regulated unless you live in Sierra Leone. Often another word for regulations are....wait for it.....Laws.
Believe it or not....some 'regulations' are actually there to protect you....believe it or not.
My two bits.
BP
Who said it was idiotic? Just for a second imagine your witfe / daughter asked for your support for womens birth control and your boss was staunchly against it and fired you for your supporting them. (Just an example...)
Oh I don't know, lots of regulations are good things. Things like no sweat shops for children to work in, no dumping your toxic garbage in my drinking water supply, you have to have a pilots license to fly a plane or even a drivers license to drive on public roads, and course the Bill of Rights isn't all bad either.
Here's the thing I've noticed about regulations in general, they are brought about because someone was abusive in how they did things and didn't respect the basic rights of others. That may not be true in every situation but it does hold true for the vast majority of regulations. And yes, I'm like everyone else, I hate regulations when they prevent me from dong what I want. I figure that's the cost of living in a society with others instead of living in a cave eating raw meat.
Fortunately enough people disagree with that idea something is being done about it. Seems a lot of people believe just because you work for someone it does not give them the right to dictate values, morals, political views, or ideology on non-work related issues. Personally, I agree with them.
Clearly not so in this case. Quite the opposite, in fact. It's all about the rights of individuals.The trouble with laws/regulations these days is they are not supporting your rights...
Clearly not so in this case. Quite the opposite, in fact. It's all about the rights of individuals.
Sorry but I don't subscribe to the "everything the government does is evil" thinking. This bill does NOT regulate social media sites, it regulates employers and schools preventing them from demanding your passwords. (Your other topics come to close to being a political post so I'll just skip them.)
And my bet is that each of them were prompted by someone or a conpany doing something that required it.
Any law that cant or wont be enforsed is a waste of time. However because people on cell phones kill people(far worse than eating etc so that arguement is not a valid one) public safety needs laws to prevent their use. Black boxes that monitor your vehicle that store data that shows your driving is a risk to public safety is a good thing. Black boxes where the cops or big brother can track you without a warrant is not a good thing and I dont think the public will submit to it.InSC this week they are voting on a new law that prohibits cell phone use near schools. If they think for one second that they can stop teenage girls leaving high school from picking up their cell phones as soon as they get in their cars they are crazy. NOTHING WILL STOP THIS.NOTHING
My teenage daughter doesn't use her beloved iphone in the car because shes knows if i catch her she will be without it.
Oh I don't know, lots of regulations are good things. Things like no sweat shops for children to work in, no dumping your toxic garbage in my drinking water supply, you have to have a pilots license to fly a plane or even a drivers license to drive on public roads, and course the Bill of Rights isn't all bad either.
Here's the thing I've noticed about regulations in general, they are brought about because someone was abusive in how they did things and didn't respect the basic rights of others. That may not be true in every situation but it does hold true for the vast majority of regulations. And yes, I'm like everyone else, I hate regulations when they prevent me from dong what I want. I figure that's the cost of living in a society with others instead of living in a cave eating raw meat.
Speaking of the facebook legacy and being careful what you post of yourself. Here is another one that might bite the facebooker in the butt. The difference here tho' is the legal/law system looking to facebook (again) to draw evidence from.
Do you guys agree with the 'Law' being able to access facebook if you are involved in some sort of litigation or??
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/04/30/bc-lawsuit-facebook-pictures.html
In all probability her facebook habits are probably going to negate her getting away with a......lawsuit?
....be interesting to keep an eye on this.
BP