[floatingslowly]

Originally Posted by gmku

Is anybody concerned about putting your kids' pix on the Internet?

I believe the only picture I've posted of my kid did not show his face. girlgun is not under my control, but I don't believe she'd post him either.

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

obama nikto.

you just said "Obama is nobody" in my language.

i'm serious.

[floatingslowly]

in my language, klaatu as a predicator means "opposite of _slavo_'s language".

it's a small multiverse.

[EVOLghost]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

the mini-bot is about to start packing. he passed the security check with the NSA, and will be heading off to DC in the morning.

klaatu obama nikto.

wait....so your son is really gonna meet Obama?!?

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

in my language, klaatu as a predicator means "opposite of _slavo_'s language".

it's a small multiverse.

erm ... what?
my processor is too slow for yours.
I'm a 486.

[greedrex]

Originally Posted by gmku

It just seems a little weird to me. Your child has no say in the matter. It seems like kind of a privacy issue, to me. I know if I discovered, say, that my parents had plastered all the photos they took of me in grade school all over the city newspapers, I'd be pissed as hell.

you're right. i won't do it again, i promise.

[greedrex]

(pix were deleted)

[Torn Curtain]

Originally Posted by gmku

It just seems a little weird to me. Your child has no say in the matter. It seems like kind of a privacy issue, to me. I know if I discovered, say, that my parents had plastered all the photos they took of me in grade school all over the city newspapers, I'd be pissed as hell.

The comparison a bit far-fetched

[gmku]

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

The comparison a bit far-fetched

How so? It's actually worse posting on the Internet versus publishing in print because anybody can much more easily copy and use your photo for any purpose.

Often this wholesale disregard for personal privacy that I see so much on the Internet absolutely floors me.

[ScreamingSchool]

I am a parent! I'm the father of a 4 year old boy. He's not much into Sonic Youth but he does dig The Clash a whole heck of a lot. Them and Daft Punk. He calls them "Punky Girls" I don't know why.

[gmku]

Pix or it didn't happen.

[Savage Clone]

I would feel guiltier about knowing I caused someone else to go through adolescence and the prison dynamic of the school environment than I would about posting photos of them. The younger generations have no concept of "privacy" with regard to photos on the interwebs anyway. They'll all put their own pix up all over the place before too long anyway.

[gmku]

But regardless of what they think, wouldn't it bother you on a personal level? As an adult, does it seem responsible?

We're all different, of course. And we live in the age of reality TV when it seems that the norm is exposing every foible of our fmaily lives for public scrutiny. But I myself would feel like I was abusing that child's rights.

[Savage Clone]

If I had kids, I probably wouldn't put their pictures up, it's true.
Heck, I don't even put up pictures of my wife! She won't have it.

[gmku]

Exactly. If my friends, kids, or wife posted their snapshots of me on the web, without my permission, I wouldn't stand for it.

[floatingslowly]

although I've not posted a recognizable photo of my kid for the reasons you speak of, you curmudgeons are bringing down this thread.

[gmku]

Yeh, a voice of sanity can do that. Sorry.

[floatingslowly]

those that feel the need to attest to their own sanity, rarely actually are.

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

you curmudgeons are bringing down this thread.

This is what I do.

[gmku]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

those that feel the need to attest to their own sanity, rarely actually are.

Rarely being the keyword. I am that rarity, sir. And I defy you to prove otherwise.