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> One reason I think the European “right to be forgotten” is a problem is because it is a shield for people who use their social skills as a weapon. Yeah, I wo

> One reason I think the European “right to be forgotten” is a problem is because it is a shield for people who use their social skills as a weapon. Yeah, I wonder how the EU will deal with people who use that law to hide evidence of their misdeeds... There some people who I've only tangentially heard about who, while not being charged with anything, definitely left a trail of broken promises, messes, blathering, whining, and excuses in their wake. Not that such people usually get called out by name in a blog post, but when they say "X is true" online and then someone else proves them wrong, I'd hope they can't use that law to just sweep their foolishness under the rug each time. Some people need to have such things remembered, so others have an objective historical record, rather than only having subjective bluster to listen to.

linuxlizard 3y ago
>Yeah, I wonder how the EU will deal with people who use that law to hide evidence of their misdeeds... Here in the US, we elect them to public office.
- PaulHoule 3y ago
  The other day I was testing out an input form with an autocomplete which led me to this group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Solutions_for_Winning_the_Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Solutions_for_Winning... which was run by politician Newt Gingrich which he had let go bankrupt and get evicted from its offices in 2011 so he could run for president in 2012 and I must say it boggles my mind that he didn't think this would have an effect on "do I trust this guy to be President?" or even "do I want to donate to his campaign?"
  - eadmund 3y ago
    > which he had let go bankrupt and get evicted from its offices in 2011 so he could run for president in 2012 Right now, at least, the Wikipedia article states that the law required him to leave the organisation. It doesn’t sound like it was insolvent when he left, just that without him it found it hard to get additional donations. It also sounds like it was evicted after it was dissolved, many months after he terminated his relationship with it. Lacking any other details, it sounds strange to blame him for what happened after his required-by-law departure.
  - tacocataco 2y ago
    Bankruptcy is just a smart business decision for the privileged. For the working class, it is a moral failure. Or in the case of student loans not allowed.
xwolfi 2y ago
But they paid for said misdeeds, it's not that important that they pay forever, is it ? I mean it sounds annoying to allow an embezzler to be an accountant again, but I mean, he did his time, he's supposed to have reformed, what are we gonna do ? Consider that never again in his life he's gonna be honest ?

linuxlizard 3y ago

>Yeah, I wonder how the EU will deal with people who use that law to hide evidence of their misdeeds... Here in the US, we elect them to public office.

PaulHoule 3y ago
The other day I was testing out an input form with an autocomplete which led me to this group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Solutions_for_Winning_the_Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Solutions_for_Winning... which was run by politician Newt Gingrich which he had let go bankrupt and get evicted from its offices in 2011 so he could run for president in 2012 and I must say it boggles my mind that he didn't think this would have an effect on "do I trust this guy to be President?" or even "do I want to donate to his campaign?"
- eadmund 3y ago
  > which he had let go bankrupt and get evicted from its offices in 2011 so he could run for president in 2012 Right now, at least, the Wikipedia article states that the law required him to leave the organisation. It doesn’t sound like it was insolvent when he left, just that without him it found it hard to get additional donations. It also sounds like it was evicted after it was dissolved, many months after he terminated his relationship with it. Lacking any other details, it sounds strange to blame him for what happened after his required-by-law departure.
- tacocataco 2y ago
  Bankruptcy is just a smart business decision for the privileged. For the working class, it is a moral failure. Or in the case of student loans not allowed.

xwolfi 2y ago

But they paid for said misdeeds, it's not that important that they pay forever, is it ? I mean it sounds annoying to allow an embezzler to be an accountant again, but I mean, he did his time, he's supposed to have reformed, what are we gonna do ? Consider that never again in his life he's gonna be honest ?