Right On [as we used to say], Karl!

Previous attempts at 'silence' on SOCNET:

> "Please, take these and similar email notes elsewhere. This has nothing to do with SOCNET."

> "....IMPLORE people not to engage in this discourse!"


Isn't the squashing of voices/opinions a common trait of our current enemy...
and for that matter, most/all of our recent ones?

Should we be mimicking that behavior?

Funny that a social network group, would inhibit the natural functioning of the network.

IMHO, let the opinions and discourse roll!

Valdis



"Karl E. Bauman" wrote:
>
> Silence on such a critical ethical issue? For shame. I applaud Friedman's
> boldness, and welcome ugliness if that is what it takes to assure discourse on
> such an important consideration.
>
> Richard Southwick wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > Allow me to quickly jump into this thread and IMPLORE people not to engage
> > in this discourse!
> >
> > While respecting the importance of the issue, I know from experience on
> > another list (ISWORLD) that this can get very ugly in a heartbeat! Silence
> > will be golden.
> >
> > -- Richard Southwick
> > Syracuse University - School of Information Studies
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > webite: http://web.syr.edu/~rmsouthw
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Sam Friedman wrote:
> >
> > > I for one have ethical qualms about working for an organization whose
> > > stated aim is to kill people--and that performs this task rather often,
> > > and for purposes that further the economic degradation of human life all
> > > over the world and also contribute to the ecological crisis.
> > > As one of the people whose offices were destroyed on September 11, I
> > > also object to the fact that they often claim to do this in the names of
> > > my murdered building-mates--even though the policies and interests they
> > > defend are the same as those they did before that date.
> > > How do others feel?
> > >
> > > Sam Friedman
> > > National Development and Research Institutes
> > > 71 West 23d Street
> > > New York, NY 10010
> > > USA
> > > 1 212 845 4467
> > > Fax 1 917 438 0894
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > >>> "Paul A. Branson" <[log in to unmask]> 08/15/02 01:04 AM >>>
> > > To the social network community,
> > >
> > > We have recently won a contract with the Army to conduct scientific
> > > research and knowledge econometric analysis at several commands. One of
> > > the analysis tools we use is Social Network analysis. It started as a
> > > small project, but due to popularity of our approach has since expanded
> > > to a project that could span a large section of the Army.
> > >
> > > IMII is interested in collaborating with researchers interested in
> > > social network analysis.
> > >
> > > We have also developed a software instrument in C# to conduct a variety
> > > of social network analysis and econometrics. We are interested in
> > > learning about current metrics that could be incorporated with within
> > > this tool.
> > >
> > > If you are interested in collaborating with us on a US Army project,
> > > please contact me at: [log in to unmask] .
> > >
> > > The hub of the project is located near Tucson, Arizona.
> > >
> > > Edward Swanstrom
> > > Director
> > > Innovation Management Institute International (IMII)
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > http://www.eknowledgecenter.com
> > > +1 520-731-3130
> > >
>
> --
> Karl E. Bauman
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> Chapel Hill, NC 27516
>
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