The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere
Yesterday was another trip to the Cake Tin in the beautiful Wellington weather, this time to watch England take on Sri Lanka. I went with Joe and Eleanor and Swen came along too-thanks to the free tickers supplied by Mark Wotherspoon.
The match did not go England’s way. Soundly beaten as their bowels did not at all limit the Sri Lankan batmen who reached the target of 310 with 1 wicket down.
Nobody cares about their online privacy… until it’s gone | Comment is free | The Guardian.
I read John Naughton’s blog and column regularly and always enjoy his thoughts and his links to other writers.
Regarding the whole provicy issue and the mantra of the powerful “if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about”. I like the following:
In that sense, they (Rifkind and Straw) are in the same boat as most citizens. We all do harmless or foolish things that we nevertheless regard as private matters that are none of the government’s (or anybody else’s) business. That’s what privacy is all about.