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    Ginger<br>
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    This goes to the heart of the American Dream (not the, work hard,
    lets all get rich hype) but that of a governmental experiment of for
    the people, by the people... the US founding fathers were rather
    influenced by a range of thoughts on governance (Jefferson even had
    a Quran, along with Kant type thinking) where the "good" had a much
    clearer conception than current (the market is always right)... and
    one of those key issues was the enlightened individual... so does
    web2.0 basically reduce or increase our ability to make our own
    choices not subordinated to other goals/logics...<br>
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    Riaz<br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2012/12/12 02:44 PM, Ginger Paque
      wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CALCecM_7qsw8VKScbHhZ7Nge+souw1jVURNXP3Hu18oMJF2+bA@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">De, we have the right to say 'no'... have we lost the
      habit (and necessary willpower) of exercising our rights? gp<br>
      <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 12 December 2012 06:38, Deirdre
          Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Do you
            think we may be losing, or have already lost, the right to
            say no if the "crowd" is saying yes?
            <div>Deirdre<br>
              <br>
              <div class="gmail_quote">On 12 December 2012 08:11, Roland
                Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com"
                    target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span>
                wrote:<br>
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                  .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In
                  message <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:CA%2BEjHYrAaqq06%2BDZpN-sDKo_2yBscx9tPQTXkg0MkXfCpqkZqg@mail.gmail.com"
                    target="_blank">CA+EjHYrAaqq06+DZpN-sDKo_2yBscx9tPQTXkg0MkXfCpqkZqg@mail.gmail.com</a>>,
                  at 12:46:04 on Wed, 12 Dec 2012, "Louis Pouzin (well)"
                  <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:pouzin@well.com" target="_blank">pouzin@well.com</a>>
                  writes
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                      .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                      This FB thread is floating alongside drug
                      addiction, with the usual pro & con
                      dialectics. Next step is how to get off FB<br>
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                  It depends a lot on your demographic. Some people
                  don't need it,<br>
                  others discover it's inextricably woven into their
                  world (for<br>
                  example Universities that schedule student seminars
                  via FB).<br>
                  <br>
                  They haven't even thought about it much (the
                  Universities that is).<br>
                  <br>
                  Even I was guilty of scheduling professional meetings
                  using Google Calendar, although the obvious drawbacks
                  of having such an account may well be less than an
                  equivalent FB one.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
                      -- <br>
                      Roland Perry<br>
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