No legislator will take on the issue out of fear that the media . . . will label him or her as pro-offender.

My very brief overview of the site is that, while possibly generating unnecessary fear, it is absolutely the Web site creators' right to make this public information available.

People don't seem as alarmed these days as I think they should be about the invasion of their privacy. Young people today, they don't even realize they've lost it. I think to them it's a given that they know there's a camera watching them.

Uninformed media sources will do what they do best -- sow fear, uncertainty, and doubt [FUD]. And the first time a really big Mac security incident occurs it will cause some people who are considering a Mac over a cheaper Windows-based system to change their minds. Vulnerabilities in Windows are so common they don't really make the news anymore. But a large-scale, widespread incident on the Mac could badly wound Apple's reputation. It's for this reason that I think the time has come for Apple to consider doing what many other companies like IBM and Oracle have: create a position of chief security officer.

Too often it is fear that guides our actions when compassion would better serve.

With all the risk and danger television sprays at us each day like tear gas, it occurs to me they should simply open each evening's show by saying, "Welcome to the Channel Two News; we're very surprised you made it through another day.