Various proposals have been made for a National ID card for Americans and it would be required of everyone, presumably from birth. The outcry has been wildly negative for decades. Like hell. We won't do it. Damn tyrants. Burn them. Remember the Alamo, Thomas Jefferson, and the Virgin Mary. Just remember something or other and don't even think about supporting this law.
But then Facebook asked people for names, addresses, and phone numbers for everyone in the U.S.
And they signed up by the millions ... upon millions ... upon millions. All those conveniently-collated names and addresses in one machine-readable place. Just ducky.
That's when Facebook started making sweetheart deals with the government and of course they did as Facebook has a honeypot and they want it. They can either make a deal and trade for it or take it without asking but, either way, the government has its National ID. Just look on Facebook. It's even got selfies to identify you. How perfectly convenient.
That's when Facebook started cracking down harder on people using pseudonyms. There is one very well-known friend who used his stage name and of course he would as that's what everyone knows. Facebook busted him and forced him to switch to his meat name thus cutting him off from his fans. This has happened multiple times to a great many performers.
The music suffers but the government smiles.
(Ed: so, did you ever see Bugs Bunny on the Moon?)
Say what?
(Ed: Yes, Bugs Bunny on the Moon. Look at the full moon and turn it ninety degrees anti-clockwise. Bugs Bunny.)
Um, thanks. I'll make a note of that.
As I was saying ... what Facebook collects doesn't matter to me as I don't have a phone and I don't have a real address. You, however, have made it so convenient that you might as well wear a pair of handcuffs on one arm to make it more convenient when the cops come to take you down.
People blow it off as what does it matter and right now, most of the time, it doesn't. Where it does matter is to your kids as they become inculcated with a mindset of registration. Teacher, leave those kids alone.
But then Facebook asked people for names, addresses, and phone numbers for everyone in the U.S.
And they signed up by the millions ... upon millions ... upon millions. All those conveniently-collated names and addresses in one machine-readable place. Just ducky.
That's when Facebook started making sweetheart deals with the government and of course they did as Facebook has a honeypot and they want it. They can either make a deal and trade for it or take it without asking but, either way, the government has its National ID. Just look on Facebook. It's even got selfies to identify you. How perfectly convenient.
That's when Facebook started cracking down harder on people using pseudonyms. There is one very well-known friend who used his stage name and of course he would as that's what everyone knows. Facebook busted him and forced him to switch to his meat name thus cutting him off from his fans. This has happened multiple times to a great many performers.
The music suffers but the government smiles.
(Ed: so, did you ever see Bugs Bunny on the Moon?)
Say what?
(Ed: Yes, Bugs Bunny on the Moon. Look at the full moon and turn it ninety degrees anti-clockwise. Bugs Bunny.)
Um, thanks. I'll make a note of that.
As I was saying ... what Facebook collects doesn't matter to me as I don't have a phone and I don't have a real address. You, however, have made it so convenient that you might as well wear a pair of handcuffs on one arm to make it more convenient when the cops come to take you down.
People blow it off as what does it matter and right now, most of the time, it doesn't. Where it does matter is to your kids as they become inculcated with a mindset of registration. Teacher, leave those kids alone.
No comments:
Post a Comment