DISQUS

Does EMI want to tell us how Web 2.0 should function and work according to its rules? If it has its way, it may be that Google and Yahoo would also close for business and the whole internet go down the tube.

Fair enough, but I guess I'd argue--as a liberal--that within our society, the alignment of business interests with civic needs and responsibilities is the role of government, though our government has often abdicated this role to serve other interests.


As many people more involved in the subject than me have pointed out, some of the biggest successes in creating thriving markets in alternative energy sources (in Germany and Japan) have been created by policy and legislation. You don't have to be scholar in American History to know why our government hasn't been able to pass similar measures. While all these progressive values are great, it generally takes the power of the law to get the worst offenders to balance economic gain with social good. Especially when the question of social good is so debatable, at least from the other side of the aisle.

And/or we could leave the profession of marketing altogether, and work for a non-profit devoted to some form of social justice (full disclosure: a job i've turned down in the past because I have 3 kids and like visiting Italy). My own politics are aligned with these progressive sentiments, Adrian, but I'm equally uneasy about making such Utopian claims about the role of marketing as a form of social transformation. There are far more direct ways to impact the social good than getting people to buy different kinds of stuff--though you tend to make less of a good living doing them. Please take this comment in the spirit of inspiring a civil debate, Adrian, but there are times when I think we are trying too hard to disguise our role as an engine in a capitalist consumer economy which is designed to and depends on generating more consumption. Should we be a little more skeptical about our role and motivations? Or did I misunderstand your intent here?

Kevin, you bring up interesting points. I did, however, found this slightly ironic:


"You call my responses 'drivel' and yet you fail to address any of these questions, or even acknowledge that they exist. By my lights, that is much closer to the definition of trolling than what I write."



How could I address your question that had, at the time of writing, not yet been asked? I may throw out polemic conjecture, but if I could throw out polemic prophetic conjecture I would be special.>

This was a great post from someone who is feeling the ramifications of a belligerent, half-baked foreign policy. To see people still defending these policies is mind-numbing. A mea culpa would do wonders.


Though the post was great, I cringed at the drivel being spouted by the omnipresent trolls.



Case in point:

* "The War on Terror is a cruel hoax. "



This is far more idiotic than HAC's comment, since we're using that term. Terrorism exists." -kevins *



A war on terror is a fallacious idea. This is akin to claiming that we are waging a war on the sun. As you mentioned, terrorism does and always will exist. In the words of MLK, a Christian brother, we can't fight darkness with darkness. The killing fields of the Middle East that have sprouted up due to hawkish US policies are laying seed to the next generation of jihadists. Perhaps if we followed the teaching of Jesus more appropriately, we would be able to quell violence with acts of love and contrition.



In Christ,



Steve>

Yo mate, it's not about the safety of your savings, try to look into a bigger picture.


We can talk more on this in YM, if you're interested to know more on the insider news.



Cheers.

haha, like the sea-saw.

I got a friend, his online status on YM: "Outside like Genting Highlands, inside like casino".


Looking out from T2, I thought I'm in the wonderland, but shit, thats the "most fake reality" I've ever experience.

jfreak,


Digi doesn't have a 3G license, but Digi can rent the spectrum from any licensee now.



Meanwhile, Digi is applying for 3G license too, not sure how far it goes though.