2008 Woodie Awards
The Dutch Health Mininstry may track all Dutch citizens from birth national database. I don’t fear things like this (after all, I am not a libertarian sympathizer), as long as this information isn’t monopolized and abused by the government. This may be an idealized position - but I believe that in the past, increased information access among citizens has been able to check the expansion of such powers in the government.
That’s what the futurist in me says, anyways.
Considering how disastrous it seems to have been over there, pro-drafters should pause before calling for one over here.
Sure, different contexts. Still a bad idea in both.
When I read the news at CNN.com, I was shocked to learn that another bombing had taken place. The words “We Were Waiting to Die” in large 34-font was plastered across the main webpage, and just like many other Americans and people from all across the world, I felt solidarity and sadness with those in London.
I understand Americans have to be vigilant, and that Homeland Security should reaffirm that, but what I do not understand is why the threat level had to be raised to orange, which means there is a “high risk of terrorist attacks,” when according to the Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff, “we do not have any specific, credible intelligence indicating an attack in the United States.”
We should be vigilant, yes, but we shouldn’t abuse the threat advisory and cry wolf.
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