 Re: Facebook - friend or foe?
It takes guilt-by-association to a whole new level, and ushers in a age of precrime analyis.
Quite simply if you associate with known people-that-those-in-authority-don't-like. Very soon some bright spark in need of a Phd will try and correlate online associations with evidence of behaviour as part of that group.
1) a member of a beer drinkers group or more than one person in your group openly blogs about heavy drinking does it make you more likely to be a drink driver ?
2) you work as a pro bono lawyer for asylum-seekers, does it make you more likely to commit a crime than another human-rights lawyer ?
3) you have a number of fat friends, does it make you look thinner ?
4) your friends are all good looking, do you get more partners by virtue of playing the ugly-mate-wingman ?
We should be told.*
BigD
* Anyone with answer to the fourth scenario please contact me privately... |