Liberty and Encryption
I love technology, and frequently visit tech-centric websites such as LifeHacker and gHacks. I eventually had to re-format my hard drive once and start with a fresh installation of Windows XP, so full of programs my PC was. One particular program that caught my attention was TrueCrypt.
Same-sex Marriage
A key argument for same-sex marriage is that the heterosexual component of traditional marriage is now essentially arbitrary. By marriage, I mean “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.” 1 If we grant that the “man and a women” part is arbitrary, as far as modern social standards are concerned, isn’t the limit of two people equally as arbitrary? Why limit it to two people? Tradition?
The Californian legal practitioner Peter Sean Bradley has written on this issue, analysing the Californian Supreme Court’s recent decision to extend the definition of marriage to include gay couples. I agree with his reasoning on this matter.
