[LM_NET] Gen: Information Age Milestone

[edward nizalowski <enizalowski@NVCS.STIER.ORG>]

Hello,
        And in the dubious milestone department, Yahoo news reported that the 
amount of money generated by cybercrime has probably surpassed that of drug 
dealing.  A great illustration of the double edged sword of technology.  So 
shouldn't we be spending a comparable amount of time instructing our students 
regarding the legal pitfalls and dangers of the Information Age as we do to keep 
them from using illicit drugs?  Here is the link: 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051128/wr_nm/cybercrime_dc

Ed Nizalowski, SMS
Newark Valley High School
Newark Valley, NY
enizalowski@nvcs.stier.org 

"They [the Whitehouse] paid actors to make phony video press releases and paid cash 
to some reporters who were willing to take it in return for positive stories. And 
every day they unleash squadrons of digital brownshirts to harass and hector any 
journalist who is critical of the President.  For these and other reasons, The US 
Press was recently found in a comprehensive international study to be only the 27th 
freest press in the world. And that too seems strange to me."
"Our Democracy Has Been Hollowed Out"  Al Gore, Jr.

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