I would agree with this, yet I think the problem is not that the government treats us as the enemy (although they certainly do), but that they treat us as children. Unfortunately, much of this we have ourselves to blame. Too many people cry "The government should protect us from ourselves! The government should feed/cloth/provide for us. THE GOVERNMENT MUST DO SOMETHING!". So since so many acting like crying babies, unable to take care of themselves, the government treats us this way.
Alas, I don't see this changing until the majority grows us, and stops looking to the government to provide for all their needs.
Re: Goodwin ignored the illegal infringing content on Megaupload.
"Megaupload was getting money from content it did not produce"
Yeah, so do DropBox and Amazon. Is Amazon D3 grifting? No? Then what's the difference? Cloud backup is cloud backup.
Or are gun manufacturers guilty because someone uses one to commit a crime? Are silverware manufacturers responsible for the obesity of those who use forks to eat? How many people have to do an illegal thing with something legal before the owner/manufacturer becomes guilty?
So let me get this straight. Television stations aren't required to fact check advertisements, of which they run several hundred a day. Google is required to KNOW when a video is copyrighted, when they get several thousand a minute.
Then the solution is clear. Send a take down notice for each and every website hosted by PhoenixNAP. Then they can either take them all down, and thus bankrupt themselves, or be sued for not treating all websites the same consistently. I'm willing to bet that no matter WHAT their TOS says, it doesn't give them an out for treating some differently than others.
From the article referenced by Paul above re Lord of the Rings, it is clear the Jackson's percentage was GROSS, not net, and the studio STILL screwed him.
One thing you gotta say about these guys is that they're pro's. Evil, soul-devouring, hypocritical pro's, but pro's nonetheless.
Yes, as a matter of fact, I do. I have lived under the UCMJ and had a FBI-vetted security clearance.
Whether Manning violated the UCMJ is not the issue here either. SOmetimes matters of conscious will force people to violate their oaths. The issue here is that the citizenry would like to make sure that he got a fair shake on his court martial. Sometimes you have to do things that you are willing to pay the price for. But let's make sure that THAT is the case, and that he's being made a patsy.
All this DHS crap was the creation of that evil George Bush. Its not surprising that it's all corrupt and pointless. Thank god we have a president in there now who's ended all those pointless and evil anti-terror efforts....
Yeah, that's a great idea. That way, someone like you can come in and spin a line of bullshit, and she'll bite right into it. Even if you don't know the technical details of how things work, a passing notion of what the heck all this is about is required to be an effective leader.
Are you suggesting that generals don't need to have been soldiers? This new notion that CEO's don't need to understand the business to run the business is one of the reasons that modern American businesses are failing. Look at the fate of HP for a great example. When run by the founders, grew to mega-corp. While run by professional CEOs, reduced to rubble.
And aren't these the same asshats who tell us that government spying is okay? Because, after all, if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear, and nothing to hide. Right?
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Alas, I don't see this changing until the majority grows us, and stops looking to the government to provide for all their needs.
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Sorry, I'll just go back to sitting quietly here in the corner.
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Re: Goodwin ignored the illegal infringing content on Megaupload.
Yeah, so do DropBox and Amazon. Is Amazon D3 grifting? No? Then what's the difference? Cloud backup is cloud backup.
Or are gun manufacturers guilty because someone uses one to commit a crime? Are silverware manufacturers responsible for the obesity of those who use forks to eat? How many people have to do an illegal thing with something legal before the owner/manufacturer becomes guilty?
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That seems fair.
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One thing you gotta say about these guys is that they're pro's. Evil, soul-devouring, hypocritical pro's, but pro's nonetheless.
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Whether Manning violated the UCMJ is not the issue here either. SOmetimes matters of conscious will force people to violate their oaths. The issue here is that the citizenry would like to make sure that he got a fair shake on his court martial. Sometimes you have to do things that you are willing to pay the price for. But let's make sure that THAT is the case, and that he's being made a patsy.
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Maybe we should start up a new study of Textual Criticism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textual_Criticism)
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Frak!
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When all you have are plastic lemons...
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Thank god!
Oh, wait.
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Are you suggesting that generals don't need to have been soldiers? This new notion that CEO's don't need to understand the business to run the business is one of the reasons that modern American businesses are failing. Look at the fate of HP for a great example. When run by the founders, grew to mega-corp. While run by professional CEOs, reduced to rubble.
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You're kidding, yes?
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