Habermas v Warner

Here's a comic I drew for a comparative look at the Habermas and Warner readings.
(click for larger pic)

Interesting...

The privacy section of the Capitalism Magazine website linked to in my previous post (see previous post) no longer works.


Bad programming, or shameful conspiracy?



Probably "C. None of the above", but it is interesting, nonetheless.



EDIT: For all those who voted C, congrats. The link works once again. Order is restored.

Political blogs

I looked up some of the website. But, I couldn't find any interesting issue for me. So I will just focus on the features and differences between the websites. The blogs are more like a voice of individuals. It is good that somebody has own opinion but some of the writings seem lack of grounds or rational something. Also, one of the blogs looks like.. He or she doesn’t have any reader because I could see few comments. It reminds me of “access” to public sphere. Even if writer has a good opinion, it can be a brilliant piece of writing or just covered up.

Dangerous Thinking

A few hours ago I checked out this post on the Capitalism Magazine website:

http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/law/privacy/4524-Spying-and-Privacy-Rights-Spying-Absolutely-Always-Wrong.html

I saw that they had a PRIVACY section under politics, and thought that since privacy is such a keen concern of mine currently, that it was worth checking out. Unfortunately, the latest posts dated back to 2006, but one caught my eye and I thought it worth discussing.

In his posts, Mr. Hurd argues for the invasion of privacy to catch terrorists. It seems a decent argument at first, and I do agree with some of his points. But near the end of the article his dangerous thinking pours through.



"I want my government to spy and do whatever else it takes to catch terrorists."


And in the final paragraph he states, "I have no problem with the standard of spying President Bush has drawn."


In my opinion, these two lines reveal the two major thoughts that are wrong with his picture.


1. A by-whatever-means-necessary approach is thoughtless and hardly ever considers the ramifications that it might impose on the larger public.

2. It shows that a STANDARD for the INVASION OF PRIVACY has been set, and believes that to be perfectly fine. If a government invades privacy, it should be deemed a necessary action that has to be made in an instant. There shouldn't be a standard for the regular government invasion of privacy.



What do you think? I'm a just a crazy conspiracy nut, or is it possible that many US citizens don't put enough value on their privacy?

places invoved in my topic.

My topic is “Encouraging club activity at CSUSB”. So, this issue can happen everywhere on campus or even off campus if students think about that outside of campus. If I have to pick one certain place to talk about “where”, I will say student union without hesitation. That is because club advertisement or meeting occurs inside or around the building. When students see that kind of gathering people, they could think about involving some clubs. Also, the office that in charge of club is located on second floor of the building. If I display something about club activity to make students know about the information, Student union will be the first place to start.

"Are You in Control?"

Hello, hello. I found this great video about internet privacy. I think its artfully done, and although it almost sings like propaganda at moments it's a sort of propaganda for user awareness.



What do you think about your role on the internet? Are you aware of what kind of ripples of information are out there on you?

Expected audience for my topic?

It would be any college students. But, it is especially for students at CSUSB becuase they might have wanted to join any clubs at this school and couldn't find certain club to join. Students might not be active to try to find a club that they are interested in. But, it would be fault caused by this school too. I am really curious why this kind of situation happens. I am going to make a questionare to know the reasons and have an interview with some staffs of the student union office. And, I want to post my writing and share the information after I solve the problem and establish the information.