Because Of Online Pranks, German Politician Recommends Kids Get Internet Licenses
from the say-what-now? dept
There have been various stories in the press about people using Facebook to set up small parties, in which they accidentally make the invite public. Hilarity ensues as thousands RSVP and attend. One of the big stories where this happened involved a German girl and, apparently, German politicians don't like this at all. They're now debating a plan to outlaw such things:“If, in advance of an announced Facebook party, there are concrete indications of a danger to the participants or third parties, then it is the duty of the local authorities to ban the party.”But, even worse, one politician, who supports the ban, also claimed that kids be required to get "internet driving licenses" that "would explain the dangers of Facebook." That seems a bit extreme. Thankfully some politicians recognize this:
“The simple fact that excesses happen on the sidelines of such events does not justify a general ban,” Wolfgang Bosbach, the chairman of the domestic affairs committee in parliament, told the daily Kolner Stadt Anzeiger, according to Spiegel. “There are also riots on the sidelines of football games and demonstrations but that does not mean that we should completely ban them.”Is it so hard to admit that sometimes kids get involved in silly pranks and they don't require massive legal changes?
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Learned Nothing
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Tickets too
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Interesting Idea
Obviously an "internet" license shouldn't mimic a driving license in every way (since 95% of the time lives aren't at stake), but it's a better alternative than the "3 strikes" plan as it is now...
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The sad part is, that you can't ignore that clown entirely, since he has some say within the CDU/CSU and such ideas might get picked up in parliament. But as a general rule of thumb: most things he has demanded so far, were (luckily) never moved forward or even brought into parliament. That's just a populist demand during the summer break (where there's almost nothing else to report as most people are on vacation).
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So says the anonymous coward.
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The concept is as asinine as locking someone out of society in order to better socialize them.
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This kind of reactions from politicians are totaly insane but spreading rapidly. Let's hope they came to their senses in time.
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You're in luck then - that's about 98% of them, maybe more.
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No... I don't really think they have, lol. But I agree, the US hasn't either.
Of course, consider that much of the 'funding' for Eugenics came from parties OUTSIDE of Germany.
www.waragainsttheweak.com
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Naa, they can just implant a chip and use wireless to replace the black leather coats.
And luckily, for the tyrants, databases can be kept on machines more efficient than the Hollerith now.
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Mandatory Training Video
As to the content of the video...well, I'd try to stick primarily to the technological end of things. "This is a web browser, it loads web pages. This is an email client, it reads and sends email." So on and so fourth. That said, a quick, 2 minute etiquette section would do the web as a whole a world of good. I'm not saying we should tell everyone 4chan is bad. But perhaps we should explain to the newbies that what happens on 4chan is best left there and not spread elsewhere on the web?
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But despite the horror my inner-libertarian feels, the thought that this would also amount to a license to become a politician, and wondering what would happen to a politician whose license to communicate was revoked, has me cackling maniacally (under my breath, anyway).
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Also it's called the f-wording postal service, send out invitations the old fashioned way if you think your life is ruined because of a harmless prank. God damn.
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