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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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and the slight doubt expressed in this is crucial
Does the highlighted part mean "and there is always a doubt that such assumption about being monitored may not be actually true, and this doubt is very important"?
these days all people everywhere can assume – and the slight doubt expressed in this is, of course, crucial– that they are being monitored in some way (the text is about surveillance)
these days all people everywhere can assume – and the slight doubt expressed in this is, of course, crucial– that they are being monitored in some way (the text is about surveillance)
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Hi As I type this, I'm quite certain that any government body could read it, if they wanted to. However, since it's just a casual piece of advice, it doesn't really bother me if others are reading it or not I have a slight doubt about it, I suppose. If we were just talking, there would be no record of it.
- Hi As I type this, I'm quite certain that any government body could read it, if they wanted to.
- However, since it's just a casual piece of advice, it doesn't really bother me if others are reading it or not I have a slight doubt about it, I suppose.
- If we were just talking, there would be no record of it.
- As it is, the words are on a computer server somewhere.
- I have a slight doubt about that but, personally, I don't think it's crucial It's a slight doubt; it's not important to me; but it is certainly true Dave
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As I type this, I'm quite certain that any government body could read it, if they wanted to. However, since it's just a casual piece of advice, it doesn't really bother me if others are reading it or not
I have a slight doubt about it, I suppose. If we were just talking, there would be no record of it. As it is, the words are on a computer server somewhere. I have a slight
As I type this, I'm quite certain that any government body could read it, if they wanted to. However, since it's just a casual piece of advice, it doesn't really bother me if others are reading it or not
I have a slight doubt about it, I suppose. If we were just talking, there would be no record of it. As it is, the words are on a computer server somewhere. I have a slight
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dave_anon So, does the highlighted sentence want to say that people somehow know that they may be monitored, but they are not sure, because they may not be really monitored. And this suspicion and uncertainty is something important?
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Yes, it's interesting. The classic text is, of course, 1984. In that book, people feel threatened by the possibility that government and big business will read all our letters, texts, web-posts and emails. Nowadays, I think we just take that for granted. The author is acknowledging that we still worry about that, but surveillance doesn't have the same importance
Dav
Yes, it's interesting. The classic text is, of course, 1984. In that book, people feel threatened by the possibility that government and big business will read all our letters, texts, web-posts and emails. Nowadays, I think we just take that for granted. The author is acknowledging that we still worry about that, but surveillance doesn't have the same importance
Dav
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