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Re: Truly amazing!

From:

Ian Welton <[log in to unmask]>

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Ian Welton <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:56:19 +0000

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Given that the use of jokes can minimise harm to people during a tense 
time, bring people together around a common understanding or illustrate 
a conflicting issue between them and that others may well then misuse 
humour as a method to divert attention from a real intention or use 
humour in such a way as to confuse, is it any surprise there are 
various interpretations of when it is appropriate.

Considering the 
various uses of humour, a failure of humour would most regularly appear 
as a general form of conduct where fear of misuse is a ruling factor.


Humourless or humorously it seems you make your own personal choice to 
include or exclude humour in the different facets of the life you 
choose to live, or recognise it.

Having spent many years around the 
legal/security area, which are more  inclined to generally be more 
humourless, because, as has been stated in other posts, humour when it 
goes wrong in those situations costs lives so is seen as dangerous and 
often difficult to control within appropriate boundaries (note the 
control word, on the surface somewhat paradoxical in that context). 
Conversely the education sector frequently seems to use humour as part 
of play and almost as a means of motivating learning.  

Question:- Is 
humour in areas where lives or wellbeing are not in any way at risk 
acceptable? 
Is it  acceptable in any way within the DP arena? 
Shoud 
DP protect jokers?


Smiling.

Ian W


-----Original Message-----
From: 
This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:
[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chris Bayliss (ITS)
Sent: 
20 February 2012 18:36
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: 
[data-protection] Truly amazing!

It isn't just a US phenomenum and the 
consequences over here can be more serious than a missed holiday....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/09/twitter_joke_trial_appeal/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/feb/08/twitter-joke-case-court-appeal


Chris Bayliss

________________________________________
From: This 
list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [data-
[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon Howarth 
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Sent: 20 February 2012 18:31
To: data-
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Subject: Re: Truly amazing!

I think the bad 
guy being lucky once is one of the bad guys that only NEEDS
to be lucky 
once - when you are dead, you can't have a second go.

Luck is also an 
interesting word. Was it Arnold Palmer who, when a
commentator said to 
him "That was a lucky round" said, "funny, the more I
practice the 
luckier I get"?

I sort of side with the authorities on this, but 
that's probably just me
with sense of humour failure. Which reminds me 
of a guy going through
Atlanta Airport about three years ago, in the 
same queue as us for passport
control. He was 6ft 3in at least and had 
a T-Shirt proclaiming "Department
of Homeland Security. Fighting 
tourism since 1945". Not a peep out of the
authorities on that one.



Simon Howarth MBCS CITP
www.informationedge.co.uk


-----Original Message-----
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is for those interested in Data Protection issues
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[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
Sent: 17 February 
2012 17:45
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-
protection] Truly amazing!

In message

<[log in to unmask]>,

at 14:00:20 on Fri, 17 Feb 2012, Chris Brogan <[log in to unmask]
COM>
writes

> remember; the bad guys only have to be lucky once. The 
good guys have to
be lucky all the time.

A quote that's sometimes used 
the other way round - the bad guys have to be
lucky every time (not to 
get caught) and the good guys just have to be lucky
once (following a 
lead that this time does identify the bad guys).
--
Roland Perry
<snip>

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