http://futurismic.com/2007/09/28/satellite-images-catch-human-rights-violations/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://futurismic.com/2007/09/28/satellite-images-catch-human-rights-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-4109 Stephen Years Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:19:10 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/09/28/satellite-images-catch-human-rights-violations/#comment-4109 I suspect you are tragically correct. I posted this because I found satellite imagery being used in this manner as an interesting cultural adaptation of technology - I'm sure the commercial enterprises that put these satellites into orbit never suspected that they would be used in this way. To paraphrase William Gibson, "the street finds its own use for technology." The fact that the atrocities of the Myanmar government are documented in such an incontrovertible manner also serves to take away any rhetorical cover our local governments might try to employ, such as, "we didn't know the extent of the abuses," when they explain why they did nothing. I suspect you are tragically correct. I posted this because I found satellite imagery being used in this manner as an interesting cultural adaptation of technology – I’m sure the commercial enterprises that put these satellites into orbit never suspected that they would be used in this way. To paraphrase William Gibson, “the street finds its own use for technology.” The fact that the atrocities of the Myanmar government are documented in such an incontrovertible manner also serves to take away any rhetorical cover our local governments might try to employ, such as, “we didn’t know the extent of the abuses,” when they explain why they did nothing.

]]> http://futurismic.com/2007/09/28/satellite-images-catch-human-rights-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-4104 Walrus Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:27:55 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/09/28/satellite-images-catch-human-rights-violations/#comment-4104 Yes, but what practical difference will it make to the people on the ground? The Myanmar regime is pretty well indifferent to world opinion, and I seriously doubt anyone is willing to take up arms to defend those people. Yes, but what practical difference will it make to the people on the ground? The Myanmar regime is pretty well indifferent to world opinion, and I seriously doubt anyone is willing to take up arms to defend those people.

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