The mind-boggling stupidity documented in this, and the near-illiteracy of the messages left by the daughter's friends in this, make me weep for the future of our civilisation.
What the hell is wrong with us?
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The TSA stupidity is magnificent, even for the federal bureaucracy. Another symptom of confusing motion with action. The inherent injustice in just having a list of citizens, for any purpose, is beyond my ability to be reasonable about. (I am thinking of the French list of gun owners that the Germans found so useful in WWII.)
All the electronic coding is just another form of cant. Various cants have been around since people have tried to communicate in public places without being understood. Every generation finds it's own ways of circumventing parental understanding. (Or local constabulary understanding.)
If thought of properly, any trade specific vocabulary can be thought of as a cant. I recently heard that math has become so specialized and compartmentalized that those who study sin(x) and Cos(x) can no longer understand each other's work.
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All the electronic coding is just another form of cant. Various cants have been around since people have tried to communicate in public places without being understood. Every generation finds it's own ways of circumventing parental understanding. (Or local constabulary understanding.)
If thought of properly, any trade specific vocabulary can be thought of as a cant. I recently heard that math has become so specialized and compartmentalized that those who study sin(x) and Cos(x) can no longer understand each other's work.