Friday, November 19, 2010

Denis Diderot - Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

As usual I have been watching the news and the topic of the day seems to be the TSA Scanners that see everything. My problem with that is not that someone will get a look at my shriveled dongle. (I think half the city has seen me laid out naked on a table.) What I do see is the continual attack on Dignity.
As a young trooper I was taught the mechanics of subjugating a people.
1. Make them dependent on government.
2. Limit their mobility.
3. Censor their news.
4. Monitor their individual communications.
5. Encourage people to report their neighbors for "incorrect" thinking.
6. Control access to resources.
7. Subvert important industrial leaders through money or coercion.
8. Erode the individuals dignity.
Is there any part of this you recognize? or don't?
(Any engineering types out there? How about a low wattage xray laser strobe against a phosphor coated screen, like the inside of an old TV tube. No computers needed and immediate recognition of target density variations.)