And we seem guiltily to participate in the surreal blandness of Gillian Hanna's mother and Ian Gelder's father, who shows more concern for the abuse of his daughter's biker boyfriend, Mel Raido, than he does for his own son's catatonic de spair.
The resources and energy being devoted to ethical aspects of biotechnology reflect our awareness and concern for potential abuse.
An important output of this kind of research is to make legislators aware of the possibilities and limitations of web analysis, in particular concerning opportunities for abuse that might arise if they are implemented operationally.
Then the imperative of countering Soviet and Chinese imperial advances trumped concern for the abuses of authoritarian governments in the Western camp.
"This is obviously a sensitive subject," he added, but as for any concerns for potential abuse, "the standards speak for themselves, particularly as they relate to young people".
Nevertheless, recent advances in our ability to infer information about the human subject participants who contributed to those studies raises concerns for potential abuse of that information.
"We continue to be concerned about the potential for abuse – perceived or otherwise – which this creates," he said.
These are powerful drugs, which partly explains why policymakers are so concerned about the possibility for abuse.Did you know that the "war on drugs" is nominally over?
Although this kind of therapeutic interaction introduces privacy concerns and other potential for abuse, there are reasons why people might prefer the help of a properly calibrated digital agent.
Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, who has tangled with the Bush administration over its refusal to reveal the names of industry officials who advised a White House energy task force, raised some concerns about the potential for abuse in Mr. Ridge's idea for special employees.
