Neck Snap Break

Published May 14th, 2006

Seems a nut job on trial for murdering his wife is in hotter water because of his Google searches. First of all I feel awful for the families that have to deal with this. With that said, with bread-crumbs labeled “neck snap break,” “bloodfest666″and, if there was any doubt, “22 ways to kill a man with your bare hands” you’d have to have a jury of drunk Monkeys not to see the guy is standing in the right field of normal.

Apparently the authorities didn’t retrieve the search info directly from Google but off his hard drive. Anyway, it made me think about Web 2.0 of all things and transparency in particular. See I don’t care if Google did give them the info. Sure it’d raise all sorts of privacy concerns and certain people would cry about infringements and whatnot but whatever. As I see it we should be a more transparent society. We hide from each other far to much. Breeds suspicion and jealousy.

Therefore, I think someone should make a Web 2.0 application that captures everyones search terms and stores them on a public web site. I want to see what the hell my neighbors up to. Dude’s always been a little loony. He worries me. And I damn well want to know what my wife is up to on her computer. Sure, I could ask her but a website with her name and search terms would be so much easier cause she’s at work a lot and asking her would be uncomfortable, “Don’t you trust me?” Those conversations make me squirm. I want the website.

As far as I’m concerned y’all can see what I’m searching for. I could care less. Yeah, that says “Paris Hilton Sex Video.” Umm, yeah that’s “Jessica Alba Nude.” Okay, I was a little drunk the night I punched in “Hot Man Jello Wrestling.”

Who cares. A lot of the stuff people are ashamed and guilty of is sex related and I don’t have any hangs up on my sexual hang ups. They’re unavoidable. Comes with being born, slapped and wrapped in a blanket five minutes after entering the world through a warm, bloody vagina.

More transparency, not less. So please, some enterprising Web 2.0 geek give us transparency. Give us the Google search site where I can see what that damn neighbor of mine is up to. I’m thirsty for one of those self-referential “I knew it!” moments that fuel my insecure ego.

More transparency, not less. If Web 2.0 wants to be something new then it needs to foster openness and transparency. No more hiding from each other. Let’s start with a list of all salaries in every American company, from the CEO right on “down” to the janitor. I’m actually serious about that one. Now that would make waves.

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