Saturday, February 9, 2002

Using spam to attract voters. Tony Sanchez, a democrat running for Governer of Texas, recently used a purchased email list to spam potential voters. Of course, his campaign states that the message is "definitely not spam," but so does a large amount of the spam sent out on a daily basis. This action by a major political candidate raises several serious issues, including whether this method of attracting voters will become more common. [kuro5hin.org] Spamming is the surest way to lose my vote. I'd never vote for any candidate who spams his voters 10:36:10 AM    Comments []

Senate's Turn in Clone Zone. The U.S. Senate is now mulling over whether to follow the House's lead and ban cloning. Also: Patent thickets and the Patriot Act, as Washington Bureau Chief Declan McCullagh's D.C. notebook returns to Wired News. [Wired News] 10:34:46 AM    Comments []

Signs of Intelligence: Gay-Bashing Victim Sues Attackers and their Parents. Since local law enforcement was unwilling to enforce the law, a victim of near-fatal gay bashing is suing his attackers and their parents... [Morons Dot Org] 10:34:13 AM    Comments []

Is a U.S. bioweapons scientist behind last fall's anthrax attacks?. A growing number of scientific experts have come to this conclusion. But the FBI seems strangely reluctant to zero in on the most likely suspects. [Salon.com] 10:33:35 AM    Comments []

14629 » February 9 4:42 AM. Enough Already With The Journalists - What Do The Finest Political Philosophers Think About Terrorism? There aren't many of them. On the liberal side of things, apart from John Rawls, Michael Walzer [here's a fascinating interview with him]is probably the most original and intelligent pluralist alive. In the above-linked article in Dissent he sets out the questions that we should be asking ourselves right now about terrorism. Something tells me we should be paying attention. But what would our answers be? Or are we too caught up with the banality of columnists and pundits to actually face up to the thoughts of a real political thinker? [MetaFilter] 10:32:36 AM    Comments []