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Idea: pre-prepared websites that call to attention representatives that are against privacy (voted for SOPA, the NSA, TSA, etc.) make them available to deploy o
by thinkbohemian 13y ago
Idea: pre-prepared websites that call to attention representatives that are against privacy (voted for SOPA, the NSA, TSA, etc.) make them available to deploy on heroku, github, s3, whatever. Then developers in support of privacy can litter the internet with them come election time.
If all these guys care about is getting re-elected, lets make it clear not supporting their constituents will seriously damage their chances.
Also love the followup idea.
- diminoten 13y agoWhat makes you think they're not supporting their constituents?
- drcube 13y agoBecause they support spying on them. That's kind of the opposite of supporting them.
- diminoten 13y agoYou should pay more attention to polls - it's not quite the landslide you're implying it is. Many people are okay with being spied on.
- drcube 13y agoThis is why we have morals. So we don't have to conduct opinion polls to see what's right and wrong. Plenty of atrocious things were wildly popular. They get absolutely zero extra legitimacy for being so.
- diminoten 13y agoDo you believe your moral compass to be perfect, or is it flawed? In the event that you think it's flawed, how do you recommend making sure your flawed moral compass isn't going to cause something immoral to happen?
- drcube 13y ago>how do you recommend making sure your flawed moral compass isn't going to cause something immoral to happen? Careful reflection. Self examination. Dialog and debate with others I consider intelligent and ethical. Certainly not a popularity contest.
- diminoten 13y agoEach one of the ways you check your moral compass are easily corruptible by your moral compass. A vote, or a so-called "popularity contest", is, out of all the things you just listed, the least corruptible by your own biases.
- bmelton 13y agoAll due respect, the Bill of Rights is there specifically to prevent us from the evils that "most people" would be okay with.
- diminoten 13y agoAll due respect? Heh, I am due no respect. As for the Bill of Rights, it is entirely arguable whether or not any of the amendments to the Constitution have been violated.