| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | mfav  | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2020 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: Have A Heart | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, BLUSER13161 writes:
| | Forgot to mention: I would like to be identified only by a completely random
number in future comic strips and not by a cleverly brick-built LEGO tornado.
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Ok. After tomorrow.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2020 14:02 | | Subject: | Re: Have A Heart | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, mfav writes:
| | Now go ahead and point out where I'm wrong, and I'll make another comic
strip
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Forgot to mention: I would like to be identified only by a completely random
number in future comic strips and not by a cleverly brick-built LEGO tornado.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2020 13:57 | | Subject: | Re: Have A Heart | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, mfav writes:
| | You know, sometimes you seem to misinterpret the stuff I put in the comics as
a personal point of view. That is not the case.
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Perhaps. And I shouldn't. I apologize.
| | If you want my personal point of view, it is that it is the individual in question
who should decide whether or not their feces is public. Not you. Not I.
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I agree. But I will qualify that by saying that once you make some contribution
to the world, you may have to trade a little privacy for that. And BrickLink
has made no secret of the fact that contributions are credited to users. Everyone
should know the deal going in when they choose to contribute.
There is such a thing as later changing your mind and asking to be removed from
public/private records, but I don't believe that these contributors did so.
| | Bricklink in this instance is presumably attempting to meet compliance with these
new privacy laws.
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Maybe. This is the general consensus. I think it was more of a case of a poorly-researched
law and an over-reaction.
| | The law is the law and the affected bodies must be in compliance or in violation.
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Yes, but companies and individuals have the ability to challenge unjust laws.
Some have.
| | Now go ahead and point out where I'm wrong, and I'll make another comic
strip
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It is good to have a plan and it seems like we have one. 
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| Author: | mfav | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2020 13:30 | | Subject: | Re: Have A Heart | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, BLUSER13161 writes:
| | mfav makes the point that these contributors didn't contribute much and it
was a long time ago. He's saying that it therefore doesn't matter how
we treat them.
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You know, sometimes you seem to misinterpret the stuff I put in the comics as
a personal point of view. That is not the case. The comics stuff is made to be
funny...well hopefully funny...not to be anything else.
If you want my personal point of view, it is that it is the individual in question
who should decide whether or not their sh*t is public. Not you. Not I.
Bricklink in this instance is presumably attempting to meet compliance with these
new privacy laws. I'm not debating the efficacy of the laws, or the aesthetics,
or morality or anything else, because it's irrelevant. The law is the law
and the affected bodies must be in compliance or in violation.
Given that there are a number of users X whom, presumably Bricklink cannot contact
to affirm their willingness to allow their sh*t to be displayed on the site,
BL likely doesn't have a choice but to anonymize them. Well, they have the
choice to be in violation of the law, but I assume that isn't the choice
that has been made.
Melville and Shakespeare are long dead. You can't cyberpunk them and steal
their identities. The cases with the anonymized users are likely unknown.
I don't necessarily disagree with your general sentiments. But your sentiments
are not the law. BL doesn't have to disagree with your sentiments either,
but not being in compliance with the law is a whole different deal.
Apples and oranges.
Now go ahead and point out where I'm wrong, and I'll make another comic
strip, and tomorrow will be another day.
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2020 13:27 | | Subject: | Re: Have A Heart | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, BLUSER13161 writes:
| | So: there is a somewhat recent trend in society of erasing people from history.
A number of different reasons are used to justify this. In this instance, privacy
appears to have been the reason.
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Correction: perhaps the trend is not so recent. There was another time and place
in history when people were reduced to numbers by those in power.
Should I bring that up? No.
Is it in any way comparable to what BrickLink has done? No, there is no comparison.
I only mention it to illustrate the thought process that goes into disrespecting
people enough to reduce them to anonymous numbers.
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