0maintenance


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Message Posted:
18/07/2011 20:42

New powers could be given to the police to be able to disclose a persons past to a new partner if they have a violent past.

Great idea.

0maintenance


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Message Posted:
18/07/2011 20:44

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jul/17/women-warned-partners-clares-law

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 21:28

Anyone who uses the internet as a means of finding a partner should be aware of the inherent dangers involved. Making a date on the internet is a risky business !

Hiding a personality disorder is easy in cyberspace, but meet the person in real life, and what you get may be something completely different !

Washerman


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Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 21:42

Unfortunately, the spectacular growth of cyberspace has not been accompanied by rules for

civilized behavior. Cyberspace at the end of the twentieth century resembles the frontier at the

beginning of the eighteenth: bullies and criminals swagger electronically through the commons,

stealing what they want, breaking what they don’t, and interfering with decent people’s

activities. Far from helping to set standards of mutual respect, some government agencies have

been acting like totalitarians rather than democrats. For all these reasons, we citizens of

cyberspace must evolve guidelines for civilizing our new frontier.

Cyberspace is growing fast, and the values which inform our lives in physical communities have

not yet found their way into cyberspace. Just as in the physical world, unethical, immoral, and

illegal behavior threatens the agreements that allow people to live and work together in peace.

Many users of cyberspace are well behaved.



cont/

Washerman


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Message Posted:
18/07/2011 21:44

They are sensitive to nuance, capable of expressive and articulate prose, careful not to hurt feelings, and responsible in spreading verifiedinformation and not rumor.

However, we also find the cyberspace equivalents of slum lords, drug pushers, boors and bully

boys. There are people running private BBSs, Web sites, and blogs6 that cater to thieves, drug

users, Nazis, and pedophiles. People who might never think of insulting a stranger to her face

write nasty and juvenile notes.

Different service providers adopt different stances about the content of communications on their

network. For example, the commercial value added networks (VANs) Prodigy and CompuServe

are among the most custodial in their attitude towards the message base. These services employ

system operators (Sysops), volunteers who manage specific sections by monitoring traffic,

responding to questions and cooling tempers. Some Sysops on commercial services and private



cont/

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 21:45

BBSs explicitly censor unacceptable or irrelevant contributions, usually to howls of protest and

hyperbolic invective from the censored authors. These howls are then themselves removed from

view, prompting yet more appeals to First Amendment rights. As a Sysop myself, I have had to

explain that the Forum or SIG is not public and that the Sysop has a responsibility to maintain a

professional tone and to prevent abuses such as posting text files or software without permission

of the copyright holders. Some moderated news groups on the Internet also have strict

enforcement. For example, the RISKS Forum Digest is tightly controlled by its moderator, who

personally determines whether any given message reaches the members.

At the other extreme, there are networks, Forums, SIGs, BBSs and Websites where anarchy

reigns. Contributions are unfiltered, unfettered, frequently ungrammatical, and sometimes illegal.



cont/

Washerman


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Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 21:46

Full article: an interesting read !



http://www.mekabay.com/ethics/totem_taboo_cyber.pdf

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 21:52

Ten Cyber-Commandments

The Computer Ethics Institute in Washington, DC, has published the Ten Commandments of

Computer Ethics:

1. Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.

2. Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work.

3. Thou shalt not snoop around in other people’s computer files.

4. Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.

5. Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.

6. Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you have not paid.

7. Thou shalt not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or proper

compensation.

8. Thou shalt not use other people’s intellectual output [without due acknowledgement].

9. Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the

system you are designing.

10. Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that demonstrate consideration and respect for

your fellow humans.

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 21:53

Marks for CY44 0/10

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:19

Paulwhether you are in the right or wrong with your squabbles,may I respectfully remind you.you are judged by your deeds NOT your words.



I,for example,would not employ youbecause you have time to write so much on so many forums,when do you do your job?

"Sorry,Sir,will be along in an hour,just got to insult my competition"That is not business acumen

I speak for many,get on with your life and job.



To keep this posting on track....Clare is well overdue !!

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:23

Amanda & Washerman,



How about:-



Thou shall not be verbally violent in Cyberspace?



Marks out of 10 for "Amanda" "O"

0maintenance


Joined: 22/09/2010
Posts: 2179

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:38

message 10.



Mike.



I think your example is a little unfair.



Remember the thread you put up a few days ago regarding pinays!



Your reply in this thread is a little like some of the replies you got to your thread.



What i mean, is there really any need to post the post you have in message 10.



With hindsight im sure if you sit back for 5 mins and ask yourself,what was the purpose of message 10,as i thought the same with some of the replies your thread got,which i also thought where uncalled for.

This is the perfect example why threads get took off topic and end up in the gutter.



I do agree with you that clares law is well overdue.

0maintenance


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Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:40

Message 11



Life is like a mirror.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:44

Oh well, here we go again - thread is going to be closed down.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:45

This thread is now closed. Reason: Thread went off topic.

Roomy


Joined: 20/02/2011
Posts: 836

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:45

I think the new law would be an excellent idea, the very idea of choosing a girlfriend/boyfriend on an internet site is littered with problems, police checks on prospective partners might help the more gullible amongst those desperate, shy, lacking in self esteem, sad, lonely enough to try anything people that could potentially put themselves in harms way when faced with a charming, schemeing, dangerous predator.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:45

This thread is now closed. Reason: Thread went off topic.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
18/07/2011 22:47

keep on topic and keep it civil please

Simbas