Comments on: Crowdsourcing for government http://rosiesherry.com/2010/01/crowdsourcing-for-government/ Socially responsible community builder, coworking shaker, education enthusiast and mumprenuer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:29:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jim Hazen http://rosiesherry.com/2010/01/crowdsourcing-for-government/comment-page-1/#comment-26412 Jim Hazen Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:27:55 +0000 http://rosiesherry.com/?p=318#comment-26412 Here in the Colonies (U.S.A) we call it "Big Brother". Be careful of what you ask for, you will get it in spades. And I'm not bagging on you Rosie, it would be great to be able to use the internet to be able to vote and influence our elected officials in running the government. But the converse of this is the "looking over the shoulders" of our fellow citizens can and will lead to abuses. As you know here in the U.S. we are still dealing with the Patriot Act and the mess it has made. Even before that the government had the 'Carnivore' system in place monitoring our emails. And finally I wouldn't want to Crowdsource Test anything for government. Here in the Colonies (U.S.A) we call it “Big Brother”. Be careful of what you ask for, you will get it in spades.

And I’m not bagging on you Rosie, it would be great to be able to use the internet to be able to vote and influence our elected officials in running the government. But the converse of this is the “looking over the shoulders” of our fellow citizens can and will lead to abuses.

As you know here in the U.S. we are still dealing with the Patriot Act and the mess it has made. Even before that the government had the ‘Carnivore’ system in place monitoring our emails.

And finally I wouldn’t want to Crowdsource Test anything for government.

]]> By: Rob Lambert http://rosiesherry.com/2010/01/crowdsourcing-for-government/comment-page-1/#comment-26409 Rob Lambert Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:04:13 +0000 http://rosiesherry.com/?p=318#comment-26409 Rosie, Have you gone mad? Wishful thinking indeed. You make it sound like the people who make the decisions on local policy don't listen to their constituents? Seriously though, I think it's a fab idea. Rosie for Prime Minister. Rosie for Prime Minister. Rosie for Prime Minister. Rosie for Prime Minister. Yeah. Rob.. Rosie,

Have you gone mad? Wishful thinking indeed. You make it sound like the people who make the decisions on local policy don’t listen to their constituents?

Seriously though, I think it’s a fab idea. Rosie for Prime Minister. Rosie for Prime Minister. Rosie for Prime Minister. Rosie for Prime Minister.

Yeah.

Rob..

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