And as the court noted, this is not a good state of affairs. Laws can be bad, and entertainment-industry-sponsored ones are highly likely to be so. What we are objecting to is the effects of this law on all civilised human legal standings. Most people don't worship the law and treat it as automagically correct.
You'll notice that even the US Constitution that the Teabots worship so (selectively) incorrectly has had to be amended a couple of dozen times or so, including something like 10 times right after it was first created!
Natural justice. This lady admits one downloading, and says the second one was a technical error. So how does getting double-prosecuted for the same file constitute justice? And she denies the other one entirely - but the accusers get to say "we say she did it, so yah boo sucks!" and she gets hammered for it with no further evidence (of quality or not). How is that justice? You might as well grab the next person who admits murder and pin every unsolved murder on them as well, and then 'make' them prove they didn't do them!
That sounds exactly like a creationist saying "them ebil conspiring scientists won't debate me about the 'massive flaws' in evolution, astrophysics and geology so I *MUST* be right!"
And I would argue that consumers *are* better proteced in the EU. If you call that 'nannying' then I'll happily avoid the "be grown-up, be in jail" mentality that the US seems to invoke around anything digital/computer/music/film/tech.
Wow, are you really trying to be insulting about any post I make? Even the non-serious ones? Grow a real pair and stop being so thin-skinned! Your comment would have been so much better if you'd stopped after the first line. It's a shame, you've said some good stuff in this thread.
If the best country you can compare yourself with is Uganda, with its "kill the gays" mentality and actual African mad dictatorships in its relatively recent past, either the US in a really bad way, or you have a very poor perception of yourselves.
And yes, you were the only ones we let go with a bit of a fight. All the others we let go more peacefully. Guess it's only the one violent 'child' we had :) It's a shame you can't grow out of it though...
Then American culture is seriously broken, especially as a lot of the same pressures (i.e. access to violent media and games, tanking economies) are available to other developed nations, without the kill ratio.
And yet, Western Europe, Canada and the Australasian countries don't seem to feel they have to 'protect' themselves from their governments, and they have much lower gun-death rates. What's the common factor?
By all means enact laws allowing a free-for-all of weaponry. Why abridge the people's 'right' to tanks, RPGs or ICBMs? And why not throw out every other law that fails to stop people from doing dangerous stuff - you know, like all those pesky drug and speeding laws?
Seriously, watching you guys from the outside is like watching the asylum inmates arguing for bigger padded jackets to stop the guards supposedly pickpocketing you.
Yes, in the country where 'gun porn' is available on every high street and all over the media, but a TV company is censured because they catch someone - live - who has a 'wardrobe malfunction'.
And don't get me started over your weird prurience over 'gabling' :)
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If the best country you can compare yourself with is Uganda, with its "kill the gays" mentality and actual African mad dictatorships in its relatively recent past, either the US in a really bad way, or you have a very poor perception of yourselves.
And yes, you were the only ones we let go with a bit of a fight. All the others we let go more peacefully. Guess it's only the one violent 'child' we had :) It's a shame you can't grow out of it though...
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By all means enact laws allowing a free-for-all of weaponry. Why abridge the people's 'right' to tanks, RPGs or ICBMs? And why not throw out every other law that fails to stop people from doing dangerous stuff - you know, like all those pesky drug and speeding laws?
Seriously, watching you guys from the outside is like watching the asylum inmates arguing for bigger padded jackets to stop the guards supposedly pickpocketing you.
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And don't get me started over your weird prurience over 'gabling' :)
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