Comments on: Georgia Senator Josh McKoon (R) Says I Can have My Privacy, If I Pay For It https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/georgia-josh-mckoon-r-says-i-can-have-my-privacy-if-i-pay-for-it-13075/ The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Fri, 14 Jul 2023 10:17:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: artwilliams https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/georgia-josh-mckoon-r-says-i-can-have-my-privacy-if-i-pay-for-it-13075/#comment-28312 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 19:17:04 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13075#comment-28312 The name of winners are publicize so that we know the lotteries are not crooked. For the readers in the crowd, think back to the novel 1984.

]]> By: LurkingReader https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/georgia-josh-mckoon-r-says-i-can-have-my-privacy-if-i-pay-for-it-13075/#comment-28305 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 23:16:23 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13075#comment-28305 As an Ohio voter we got all kinds of direct mail on the marijuana issue. Interestingly we live in a township that still has rural/agricultural areas and that is how we knew about the monopoly tied to the initiative….they wanted people to push for the vote among non-smokers with if ‘it passes promises’. lol the post election mailers begging for $ to fund ongoing legislative efforts said big business corporate capitalist republicans voted it down because they’re against the little guy. Political marketing makes me ROFLMAO at stuff like this.

The lottery privacy thing is going to create havoc with lots of marketing sweepstakes. Anything that requires the use of name/likeness for ‘promotional consideration’ would be affected. Publishers Clearing House etc will fight it to avoid ‘pic unavailable ….paid portion of prize’ GA lottery is in for some mudslinging on how much has been diverted from the k-12 education the lottery was intended to ‘enhance’ by funding the extra-curriculars I.g. Sports and vocational programs they were going to be forced to cut if the lottery didn’t pass.

As for murdered lottery winners, I’d be curious to know what percentage is linked to news or marketing disclosures vs jealous former associates or loose lip bragging to strangers or crying on the wrong ‘upscale’ shoulders about all the gold digging jealous former associates etc.

]]> By: Ivy https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/georgia-josh-mckoon-r-says-i-can-have-my-privacy-if-i-pay-for-it-13075/#comment-28301 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:42:54 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13075#comment-28301 In reply to Karmafan.

@karmafan Yes exactly! I couldn’t think of examples, but you listed them very well. Great post Karma.

]]> By: Karmafan https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/georgia-josh-mckoon-r-says-i-can-have-my-privacy-if-i-pay-for-it-13075/#comment-28300 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:24:55 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13075#comment-28300 The state lotteries want to promote the shit out of you winning but more and more you hear horror stories of winners being murdered (Urooj Kahn in Chicago, Jeffery Dampier, Abraham Shakespeare in Florida just to name a couple), home invasions, and a never ending stream of people trying to coax you into giving them some of the money you won. Its dangerous for people to find out you won some money.

]]> By: Ivy https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/georgia-josh-mckoon-r-says-i-can-have-my-privacy-if-i-pay-for-it-13075/#comment-28299 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:14:50 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/?p=13075#comment-28299 What is interesting to me is how little people (in general) care about their privacy. Many say, “Well I ain’t doing nothing wrong, what do I have to worry about”. And the thing is, once we sign these rights away it’s not like they are going to come back.
What is also interesting to me how France has decided to handle terrorism since the Paris attacks. How long did the French snub their noses at us for the decisions made after 9/11 and how quickly did they decide to adopt the same stance?
I do not know if there is political will to fight for privacy. Our government stubbornly wants “a backdoor” inside our technology, even though technology experts warning that doing so would only make these things MORE vulnerable, if the US gov has a key then all other countries can exploit this vulnerability.
And back to the lottery – this politician does not seem to care one bit about the consequences of the loss of privacy when winning the Lottery. I remember an article way back that detailed the misfortunes of people who actually win the lottery, and it seems to rarely be good and the money is gone before you know it.
Rand Paul seems to care a bit about privacy, but he doesn’t want the presidency and not many people like him anyways.
The ongoing discussion of the value of privacy, I think should be made clear to Americans, and we ought to have some options on how badly we are gonna get screwed on privacy. Just my two cents.

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