From our current affairs editor Lemuel Stuart III
Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) was quite the visionary. As a matter of fact, he is regarded as one of the most visionaryistic thinkers of his or any time (including the epochs and eras that preceded him).
In the late-1800s he wrote a now-class poem about privacy. He understood the need to protect personal privacy from greedy corporations. Dickinson believed that what one thinks, reads, ponders, questions and reviews privately is a personal matter and should not be made available to moneygrubbing enterprises.
It turns out that privacy is so very important to the GOP too. They, without a doubt, support private country clubs and private restrooms. They absolutely demand the protection of privacy surrounding Donald Trump’s taxes. And they draw the line when it comes to internet privacy.
Oh. Wait a minute.
It turns out that they are on the wrong side of that line when it comes to internet privacy. Evidently, due to a vote in congress yesterday, everything we now do and view on the internet is up for sale to the highest bidders.
If only Emmett Lee Dickinson’s poem “In one quick vote the House – confirmed” (below on the left) had inspired them to protect the privacy of individuals. Instead, it seems Dickinson’s poem only inspired his third cousin Emily to pen her poem “To my quick ear the Leaves – conferred” (below on the right).
Hopefully, the members of congress will read more of Dickinson’s poems in the future.
Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) was quite the visionary. As a matter of fact, he is regarded as one of the most visionaryistic thinkers of his or any time (including the epochs and eras that preceded him).
In the late-1800s he wrote a now-class poem about privacy. He understood the need to protect personal privacy from greedy corporations. Dickinson believed that what one thinks, reads, ponders, questions and reviews privately is a personal matter and should not be made available to moneygrubbing enterprises.
It turns out that privacy is so very important to the GOP too. They, without a doubt, support private country clubs and private restrooms. They absolutely demand the protection of privacy surrounding Donald Trump’s taxes. And they draw the line when it comes to internet privacy.
Oh. Wait a minute.
It turns out that they are on the wrong side of that line when it comes to internet privacy. Evidently, due to a vote in congress yesterday, everything we now do and view on the internet is up for sale to the highest bidders.
If only Emmett Lee Dickinson’s poem “In one quick vote the House – confirmed” (below on the left) had inspired them to protect the privacy of individuals. Instead, it seems Dickinson’s poem only inspired his third cousin Emily to pen her poem “To my quick ear the Leaves – conferred” (below on the right).
Hopefully, the members of congress will read more of Dickinson’s poems in the future.
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: In one quick vote the House – confirmed – My Searches – were for Sale – I could not keep my Privacy For Business needs prevail – Even if I presume to hide The Links – begin to tell – Connection to the sites Attack – To make me visible – | By Emily Dickinson: To my quick ear the Leaves – conferred – The Bushes – they were Bells – I could not find a Privacy From Nature's sentinels – In Cave if I presumed to hide The Walls – begun to tell – Creation seemed a mighty Crack – To make me visible – |
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