Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA
by skore on Friday March 14, 2014 @06:35AM
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No matter how frowned upon straight quoting wikipedia may be, this seems appropriate:
> Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory, as a man may be confident of the advantages of a voyage, or a journey, without having courage or industry to undertake it, and may honestly recommend to others, those attempts which he neglects himself.
--- Samuel Johnson
I think Mark Zuckerberg is sincere in his request. And I think his sincerity and thus his self-delusion is the far bigger, systemic problem.
Re:Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA
by ta_fbp on Friday March 14, 2014 @09:35AM
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It's not really news that in the USA, corporations claim for themselves rights attributed to a person while at the same denying the same rights to the actual persons.
> Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions, without having yet obtained the victory, as a man may be confident of the advantages of a voyage, or a journey, without having courage or industry to undertake it, and may honestly recommend to others, those attempts which he neglects himself. --- Samuel Johnson
I think Mark Zuckerberg is sincere in his request. And I think his sincerity and thus his self-delusion is the far bigger, systemic problem.