Comment The things is , individual abuse this (Score 1) 113
Look, until google came in, it worked that way : if you had a small problem , then it was forgotten after a while because nobody except the locals knew about it. Let me tgive you an example : you are flagged as person of interrest by the police, they itnerrogate you, keep you in goal for 48h , it is reported by the journals. It turns out you had NOTHIGN to do with the crime and somebody else is arrested.
How many HR despartment would simply stop at the first hit in google associated with your name ? Is that fair that you get punished for the rest of your life for this ?
Let me give you another example. You are stupid and post a photo of you doings tupid stuff. You are after all a teenager, and not yet mature. Should this be taken against you for your whole life ?
There is a lot of example like this, which has NEVER been a problem before search engine. Because it was forgotten after a while. But now anybody can look up google and find everything under your name. This is not a good thing, because we human tend to do snap judgement. So really, think about this "this is for other to decide" twice.
And then the classic : you get drunk and do something stupid somebody get a photo. Pre-2000 a good memory to share between friend. Past 2000 google+facebook : a friend which unwittingly may cost you a good job.
Furthermore freedom is at the side of the road, not in the middle of the road. Thiunk about the impact of the freedom of us all as more and more of our life , without our consent, gets in DB or published.
And since when society has been known to be forgiving ? On the contrary society is quite harsh and unforgiving. Combine that with a memory which goes forvever and you got a NASTY piece of disaster, transforming a youth of generations which is a tiome of discovery and pushing the limit, in a trap which cost you a lot because of that google memory never stops.
A society which does not forget would be a harsh society. I do not want that for my children or grand children. Do you ?