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Every day people have their habits, opinions, and desires observed, recorded, and tracked. It's become normal, and much of it happens automatically and below the surface, invisibly via data collection.
Most people seem cool with that.
But in a post-9/11 world—where terrorist activity rears its ugly head every so often—people are now having their bodies investigated for items that may pose threats to those embarking on air travel.
And that's equated with sexual deviancy and an invasion of privacy beyond what is acceptable and decent.
It seems like some kind of American neopuritanism to me.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 11-25-2010 at 09:14 AM..
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