Next chapter delayed

The next chapter of the Communication Ethics essay will be delayed; it was a little unfinished and is subsequently getting somewhat re-written, plus I want to sit on it for at least a day and look at it with fresh eyes. As an example of the types of serendipity I'm experiencing even as I write this, I found a new connection today between this chapter and the eighth chapter, which I think really helps clarify the eighth chapter and make it easier to understand.

Free Tip for Telemarketers

A free tip for all you telemarketers who may be reading this: You do not call the house of privacy advocate and go on about how "you are now in our database" and I can call them anytime about reducing my (non-existant) credit card interest. "You are now in our database" does not sound like a friendly thing to most people; such a phrase affords the question "So how do I get out?

Public retraction

I'd like to publically retract my earlier comment about the EFF reflexively taking a stand against big business in this post; it is an unfair comment to make and I have no excuse. Notation to that effect has been added to the message, but as I am a believer in posterity, even when it reflects poorly on me, I won't simply make the comment disappear. My apologies to the EFF for an unwarrented criticism.