http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/06/10/bring-out-your-dead-part-two/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/06/10/bring-out-your-dead-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-78400 martian Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:59:46 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/06/10/bring-out-your-dead-part-two/#comment-78400 I'm sorry, but "opt-out" anything is flat-out wrong. For instance having to specifically tell your bank not to share your personal information with outside companies is a travesty. Your personal data should remain <strong>private </strong>by default, unless you specifically give your permission to share it. Of course banks and other financial institutions (credit card companies, insurance companies, etc.) hate that idea because how many people would actuall<em> give</em> their permission to share their personal information? They'd never be able to make any substantial cash on the side selling info if they had to ask your permission. By the same logic, your organs should remain <strong>yours</strong> unless you specifically give permission for their removal. Any other approach puts one in danger of exactly what happened with the Frenchman mentioned above. I’m sorry, but "opt-out" anything is flat-out wrong. For instance having to specifically tell your bank not to share your personal information with outside companies is a travesty. Your personal data should remain private by default, unless you specifically give your permission to share it. Of course banks and other financial institutions (credit card companies, insurance companies, etc.) hate that idea because how many people would actuall give their permission to share their personal information? They’d never be able to make any substantial cash on the side selling info if they had to ask your permission. By the same logic, your organs should remain yours unless you specifically give permission for their removal. Any other approach puts one in danger of exactly what happened with the Frenchman mentioned above.

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/06/10/bring-out-your-dead-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-78397 Mat Larson Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:53:03 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/06/10/bring-out-your-dead-part-two/#comment-78397 Sounds like Larry Niven's work to me.... Sounds like Larry Niven’s work to me….

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/06/10/bring-out-your-dead-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-78381 chuck Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:51:04 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2008/06/10/bring-out-your-dead-part-two/#comment-78381 My response to those who argue that opt out laws are not an inconvience, is to posit that they all be scheduled for execution an a yearly basis unless they go down to the court house and fill out the "opt out" forms. It simply isn't the job of government to do these things. My response to those who argue that opt out laws are not an inconvience, is to posit that they all be scheduled for execution an a yearly basis unless they go down to the court house and fill out the "opt out" forms. It simply isn’t the job of government to do these things.

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