Public Crucifixion by AnthonyT

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Public Crucifixion

POSTED BY: ANTHONYT
UPDATED: Thursday, June 17, 2010 06:40
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Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:25 AM

Freedom is Important because People are Important

http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/17/news/companies/hayward_testimony/index
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Hello,

I'm seeing a lot of articles in this vein lately, which is to be expected. BP deserves blame for what they allowed to occur. Their offenses are legion.

However, with the blustering ire of our lawmakers, I become rather cynical. One guy has called on an exec to commit suicide, and other people seem to be in a race to find the next big superlative.

And it seems to me that a lot of this rage is actually not genuine. Rather, it seems to be a tool for the people in government to shrug off their own responsibility for the event. And I mean everyone in that big house. Because for every violation that BP committed, there was a government that looked the other way. So many violations were documented before this accident, and so many were overlooked or shrugged off. I've found evidence of hundreds of safety violations over a handful of years.

Nicely documented by government. Millions in fines applied.

But... so what? Didn't change a thing.

So we have a room full of people who (figuratively) watched this truck inch up to a cliff. Watched it for years. And then, when it goes over, they cry out in outrage.

I wonder if a lot of this outrage isn't designed to make sure the attention remains fixed at BP, and not on the folks who were supposed to be monitoring them.

If someone were to stand up and say, "I, representative X, am also responsible for this disaster. Because I allowed it to happen," it might be a positive and inspiring development. If a hundred people said it, it might be closer to the full truth.

And now that we know? Now that we all know what shambles the industry has been in... now that we all know the ineffective nature of our mineral monitoring service... now that we all know what kind of damage can be done by this sort of disaster?

Well, if we just spit on BP and wash our hands of the matter, then the next disaster is on every single one of us.

--Anthony

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:44 AM

MALACHITE

Yes, but politicians can't be that honest and acknowledge any responsibility. Otherwise, people will vote them out(or, at least, that is what they fear will happen). It is like being in a car accident: we're all taught, "Never admit fault"...

I'm wondering what more government could have done, though. Fines and citations weren't enough, evidently. At what point could/should they have the authority to go in and shut something down?

Also, what does your signature mean? What's Naomi beta web filtering?

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:57 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

Well, clearly a new violation ranking system will need to be devised. I submit that any violation that could result in public damage should require a shutdown/isolation of the affected equipment until it can be corrected or repaired.

It may also be wise to institute some kind of checks and balances or auditing process. Apparently, our last agency tasked with monitoring the situation became heavily corrupted and influenced.

My fear is that corruption may be top-down, and not bottom-up. Bribe the people who make the agencies, and the entire agency is in your pocket?

As to your other question, web filtering allows me to designate offensive content and prevent it from impacting me. Currently, I'm testing my web filter on four authors who recently and habitually post material I find objectionable. Assuming it works, I'll be revisiting the list from time to time, to see if the noise to signal ratio has improved.

--Anthony

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:16 AM

MALACHITE

That sounds good. There will also have to be regulations on "gift-giving" from the company being monitored to the people doing the monitoring.

So does your filtering actually block certain peoples' posts from being readable on your screen? Or does it just block certain crude words/profanity? Also, I'm a little bit surprised to hear that you would apply some form of personal censoring device on something you find objectionable. If you could invent such a device that would cover up naked people that I found objectionable, you might be closer to getting my vote to repeal anti-nudity laws (if we could also demonstrate that repealing the laws wouldn't cause harm)...

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:25 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

By using the correct logic, specific authors can be filtered entirely. Well, that's the theory. Time will tell.

Technology may very well exist to 'cover' naked people. I understand such technology is employed in the body scans at airports now. I can't say how effective it is or whether it can be made portable. And if it can, would it interfere with regular vision?

In a world where I was incapable of filtering objectionable material, I'd still support people's right to be objectionable. (While encouraging change, of course.) But if I can filter it, why suffer?

Endure pain for freedom, if necessary... but painless freedom is good too.

--Anthony

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:40 AM

MALACHITE

Quote:
Originally posted by AnthonyT:

Endure pain for freedom, if necessary... but painless freedom is good too.

--Anthony

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