So, the more employers and the government try to impose their control over people’s computer use (or lives in general), the stranger and more unpredictable the results will be as people create novel ways to circumvent that control, or in some cases the mechanisms of the control itself will spawn unintended consequences.

It’s almost like the creators of the ad tried to invoke blatant and unfair stereotyping as a diversion away from just how troubling the product itself actually is. Where is the well-groomed older white gentleman (the one not surfing porn sites of course) with the stamp on his forehead that says “I inflated our earnings reports and made millions while your pension evaporated!”?? Oh, that’s right, he’s the one who’d be buying this paranoia generator…

I can’t get offended by the fact that it’s a man who’s a porn addict (probably the overwhelming majority of porn addicts are male) and that it’s a woman who likes to do online shopping. I don’t think there’s any compelling evidence that Asians are more likely to steal trade secrets though.

This blog is getting so incredibly tiring with the seemingly never ending stream of race and gender tempests in teapots. My sociology degree seemed to encompass more stuff at least.

oh and — there’s a german word
“abstempeln” –> http://www.dict.cc/?s=abstempeln