I spend my day toiling to secure a HIPAA/HITECH network in the US. If GCHQ has the 'right' to breach any system anywhere, I suppose they extend that right to sensitive networks that contain personal medical information on citizens of the US (not implying it's right anywhere).
Sound far fetched? Not if they think one of our patients is a 'terrorist.'
I also pen test our network regularly using Metasploit and read the Linux Journal (a 'selector' for NSA). Does that invite intrusion into our HIPAA network because my computer use is probably classified as 'suspicious'?
I grew up on the West Coast and moved to Iowa City about 6 years ago. Iowa City is a typical university town with all the pros and cons that go with it. To CCCP, LA has more ignorant dipshits per capital than any place I've ever lived, so I wouldn't tar a place you surely haven't been.
I'm 100% against censorship of any kind. I think this blew up because of the lack of context. Given the tensions at the time, it's not surprising that the appearance of a 'klansman' without context at the Pentacrest elicited extreme reaction. I suspect it's hard for us 'white folk' to understand the visceral impact the image of a klansman would evoke. And while it's obvious when viewing the object close that it's an anti-racism piece, that's not obvious to an observer from 20-30 yards away. The difference between the art's exhibition on the Pentacrest and Kirkwood is miles apart -- the Kirkwood exhibit has context and the Pentacrest display didn't.
The U of I's response was predictable. Universities hate controversy and tend to move to quash the source as quickly as possible. As mentioned by a previous poster, this is especially true of anti-Israeli policy debates. In short, poor display judgement by artist of very worthy and interesting piece. Predictable reaction by x percentage of students. Extremely predictable reaction by major university allergic to controversy.
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Any computer anywhere
I spend my day toiling to secure a HIPAA/HITECH network in the US. If GCHQ has the 'right' to breach any system anywhere, I suppose they extend that right to sensitive networks that contain personal medical information on citizens of the US (not implying it's right anywhere).
Sound far fetched? Not if they think one of our patients is a 'terrorist.'
I also pen test our network regularly using Metasploit and read the Linux Journal (a 'selector' for NSA). Does that invite intrusion into our HIPAA network because my computer use is probably classified as 'suspicious'?
Context is everything
I grew up on the West Coast and moved to Iowa City about 6 years ago. Iowa City is a typical university town with all the pros and cons that go with it. To CCCP, LA has more ignorant dipshits per capital than any place I've ever lived, so I wouldn't tar a place you surely haven't been.
I'm 100% against censorship of any kind. I think this blew up because of the lack of context. Given the tensions at the time, it's not surprising that the appearance of a 'klansman' without context at the Pentacrest elicited extreme reaction. I suspect it's hard for us 'white folk' to understand the visceral impact the image of a klansman would evoke. And while it's obvious when viewing the object close that it's an anti-racism piece, that's not obvious to an observer from 20-30 yards away. The difference between the art's exhibition on the Pentacrest and Kirkwood is miles apart -- the Kirkwood exhibit has context and the Pentacrest display didn't.
The U of I's response was predictable. Universities hate controversy and tend to move to quash the source as quickly as possible. As mentioned by a previous poster, this is especially true of anti-Israeli policy debates. In short, poor display judgement by artist of very worthy and interesting piece. Predictable reaction by x percentage of students. Extremely predictable reaction by major university allergic to controversy.