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Damn... I guess the analogy is still not right... Let's see, you are the one running the shop across the street, getting the shop that took the $50 bill closed.
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Better analogy: You're a shopkeeper. Someone tries to pay you with a $50 bill. The police suspect those have been obtained in a kinda shady way. Your failure to psychically link the money to an (alleged) shady business gets your shop closed and your assets frozen.
Ok, let me get this straight. A coordinated group that goes to DC are according to you, by definition, lobbyists. But the only ones who should be doing that are those pushing for a draconian anti consumer agenda. And those who are speaking against that abuse of power, should stay honest by remaining powerless to change things? Because they criticize how the powerful lobby, they should not lobby? And therefore, have their voices unheard (very convenient).
Oh, so you ARE saying that only lobbyists should be allowed to contact the government directly, while those who are not lobbyists should only meet the lunch truck guy.
Of course, you also imply that's ok as long as it's the agenda YOU are pushing.
Clearly most politicians' revenue comes from drugs. They spend a lot of their time criticizing drugs. Without drugs they would have no revenue and indeed no career in politics.
Clearly your revenue comes from Mike's blog. You're always posting comments criticizing Mike's blog. Without Mike's blog, you would have no revenue and indeed no comments.
Clearly movie makers' revenue come from piracy. They constantly criticize piracy. Without piracy they would have no revenue and indeed no movies.
C'mon Mike, fess up. Did you go to DC in a bus? In a plane? I bet you hired a travel agency for that. That means you traveled to DC on behalf of that agency. I think that makes you a travel agent now... or even worse, a driver or pilot! How many airplanes do you plan to pilot from now on? I don't think I can trust you anymore when you post about things related to transportation, air travel, the TSA, or the breaking of Gibson guitars.
"He would get to meet, realistically, the lunch truck guy... and perhaps a few security guards and politicians aides telling him they they can schedule 30 seconds in 8 months, if he wants to make an appointment, or to tell him to visit the local political office in his district at home.
It isn't that Mike is nobody, he just isn't any more important than thousands of others people all clambering for the same access and getting none. Without the lobby group to bundle them together and drag them around as a dog an pony show, he wouldn't have the access."
Ok, so to be clear, you think that for example Hollywood representatives should meet, realistically, the lunch truck guy... and perhaps a few security guards and politicians aides telling them that they can schedule 30 seconds in 8 months, if they want to make an appointment? I mean, it's not that they're nobodies, but they aren't any more important than thousands of other people all clambering for the same access and getting none.
This isn't whether Mike is a lobbyist or not. I mean, I don't know if he is or not, and trying to prove that he is / isn't seems silly to me.
You keep trying to bring out all those "smoking gun" posts that prove beyond doubt that something is being done by someone, and that lobbying is wrong, m'kay? Except you don't think lobbying is wrong, you think lobbying is awesome, as long as what is being lobbied is something you (or your employers, if you have any) want.
It's like trying to prove that those on the opposite side are politicians. Or saying "well, you know, judge, the defense can't be trusted, because he's a L-A-W-Y-E-R! you can't trust lawyers!". But what you want to attack is not the concept of being a lobbyist, or a politician, or a lawyer. You just want to damn those with the opposite opinion of you, and you try to turn it into an epithet war, except that those "epithets" definitely apply to your side too.
Basically, what you're saying is that the only good lobbyist is a RIAA/MIAA lobbyist arguing in favor of draconian copyright measures.
And that there should be a law declaring that only Big Content lobbyists are allowed into Washington, or something. Because lobbyists are bad, as long as they're not mine.
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Please stop being a prick.
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Please stop being a prick.
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Of course, you also imply that's ok as long as it's the agenda YOU are pushing.
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Clearly your revenue comes from Mike's blog. You're always posting comments criticizing Mike's blog. Without Mike's blog, you would have no revenue and indeed no comments.
Clearly movie makers' revenue come from piracy. They constantly criticize piracy. Without piracy they would have no revenue and indeed no movies.
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It isn't that Mike is nobody, he just isn't any more important than thousands of others people all clambering for the same access and getting none. Without the lobby group to bundle them together and drag them around as a dog an pony show, he wouldn't have the access."
Ok, so to be clear, you think that for example Hollywood representatives should meet, realistically, the lunch truck guy... and perhaps a few security guards and politicians aides telling them that they can schedule 30 seconds in 8 months, if they want to make an appointment? I mean, it's not that they're nobodies, but they aren't any more important than thousands of other people all clambering for the same access and getting none.
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This isn't whether Mike is a lobbyist or not. I mean, I don't know if he is or not, and trying to prove that he is / isn't seems silly to me.
You keep trying to bring out all those "smoking gun" posts that prove beyond doubt that something is being done by someone, and that lobbying is wrong, m'kay? Except you don't think lobbying is wrong, you think lobbying is awesome, as long as what is being lobbied is something you (or your employers, if you have any) want.
It's like trying to prove that those on the opposite side are politicians. Or saying "well, you know, judge, the defense can't be trusted, because he's a L-A-W-Y-E-R! you can't trust lawyers!". But what you want to attack is not the concept of being a lobbyist, or a politician, or a lawyer. You just want to damn those with the opposite opinion of you, and you try to turn it into an epithet war, except that those "epithets" definitely apply to your side too.
Basically, what you're saying is that the only good lobbyist is a RIAA/MIAA lobbyist arguing in favor of draconian copyright measures.
And that there should be a law declaring that only Big Content lobbyists are allowed into Washington, or something. Because lobbyists are bad, as long as they're not mine.
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