The only good lawsuit is an indiscriminate lawsuit

At least, that's the message of P2P lawyering group DGW.  DGW's business plan is to spam thousands of households with misleading letters threatening lawsuits based on flimsy evidence.  When a victim filed countersuit on charges of racketeering, extortion, and fraud, DGW asserted that their only ethical duty was to their client, and that they were free to mislead and bully as they pleased.  Their tactics reek of mafia protection schemes, designed to intimidate even innocents into capitulating.  DGW should be fined all of its assets and disbanded, and its proprietors personally fined and imprisoned.

WikiLeaks vs. the privacy of criminals

Wikileaks' release of dozens of private diplomatic cables provoked many to publicly call for Julian Assange's assassination without any due process.  Its latest revelations may see that order carried out by private parties: He is now on the verge of releasing evidence that many of the richest people in the world colluded with a Swiss bank to escape income taxes (shocking, I know).  The press should be cheerleading this exposition of the secrets of politicians and social elites--after all, that's supposedly the purpose of journalism.  But wary to bite the hand that feeds them, they prefer to designate fellow journalists as enemy combatants.  It appears that freedom of the press extends only to the polite, the docile, and the acquiescent.

Forgiveness in a world that never forgets

Google has created a world where every idle thought, misguided action, and misspoken word will haunt us for the rest of our lives.  Just two decades ago, only politicians and captains of industry merited the effort required to unearth their sordid past.  Today, prospective employers can (and do) find excuses to pass over a candidate in a matter of moments, often with photographic evidence.  Many misdeeds so uncovered are long-forgotten to the misdoer, and should be long-forgotten to the world.  Unfortunately, I'm too stoned right now to even think about possible solutions to this totally bogus situation.