NODE 37376a5dRe: Internal Passports
shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green)Fri, 2 Aug 1996 20:58:27 +0800
At 13:06 8/1/96, David M. Rose wrote:
>On 1 Aug 1996 (Timothy C. May) wrote:
>
>>I'm with Duncan and Lucky on this one. Nations with a "Privacy Ombudsman"
>>are almost always nations with extensive files on individuals, their
>>habits, and their political activities.
>>
>>Having a "Privacy Ombudsman" is a bone thrown to the proles. I suspect a
>>police state like Singapore has such a person.
>
>My understanding is that the acceptable term is "ombud", or possibly
>"ombuds". Cf.: "chair", "anchor", "milk", "post", "g-", "colored", "fire",
>"police", "China", "French", etc.
Ombudsman is a Swedish term. I suppose the modern day English
deconstruction/reconstruction would be ombudsperson.
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NODE 397d91f7Re: Internal Passports
dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)Fri, 2 Aug 1996 23:07:16 +0800
shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green) writes:
>
> Ombudsman is a Swedish term. I suppose the modern day English
> deconstruction/reconstruction would be ombudsperson.
Indeed, City University of New York has an ombudsperson.
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