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"Welcome to 2003"
01/01/2003 Entry
Sorry to start on a bleak note but I found this piece to be a helpful dose of reality. Right now I happen to live in one of just two states where "[w]arrantless trash searches by police are not legal" but my personal worries about who may be going through my trash is not the disconcerting part about the issues raised in the article (granted, I think there are some serious implications for identity theft here). Rather, it is the general idea of how much information can be easily collected about people's private lives nowadays.
The authors of the piece were creative. They went through the trash cans of some Oregon officials who are outspoken supporters of free access to the contents of people's trash and recycling containers. It is interesting to observe their own reactions to others putting their garbage through scrutiny.
If you make it to the end of the piece you'll also get a reminder of the free-for-all surveillance to which everyone may now be subjected. Welcome to 2003. (Thanks to Kara for a pointer to that piece.)
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I cant believe ur so naive when ur talking about thye different languages in the chicago movie. WHO CARES if its not hungarian, just cos it was in the stage show doesnt mean they have to carry it into the movie. The adapt and change shows and stories for movies all the time. Like u used cabaret as an example, its COMPLETELY different from the stage show and they used MAJOR changes like characterrs and music,names and even storylines! the language difference in chicago isnt a mistake, it was just a change AND NO ONE GIVES A DAMN! It was an awesome movie.
Posted by Carlz @ 01/25/2003 06:37 AM CST
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