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By worded18 February 2008 - 1:52pm

A prime example (one of many) of the perils of baring all online. I have nothing to hide, surely. Have I?

"A Newport Pagnell man, for instance, was ordered by magistrates not to contact his estranged wife, but when he joined Facebook, an automatic "friend request" was sent to everyone on his email list, including his former partner. She contacted police; the man was arrested and got 10 days in jail."

Link to full article in The Independent below:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/facebook-c...

Duch

By worded11 February 2008 - 1:32pm

"They all had to be eliminated."

"Of course, you are asking me whether I could have rebelled, or at least fled. But if I had tried to flee, they were holding my family hostage, and my family would have suffered the same fate as the other prisoners in Tuol Sleng. If I had fled or rebelled it would not have helped anyone."

Two quotes from the same man: Kang Khek Ieu, known as "Cambodia's Himmler" or simply "Duch", a torturer who oversaw the deaths of 17,000 people under the Khmer Rouge. From cold murderous arrogance to an almost humbled victim of dilemma. There's contrast for you.

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