Because unlike the banks, they aren't 'throwing' money at Congresscritters, Parliament, etc. Nor do they employ loads of people (voters) the way the car industry does.
Obviously you've not heard of Poe's Law. The whole point is that when you can't tell that a post is a parody, not reality, then there is a problem with the presented 'reality'.
Because there is always a 'fundamentalist' religion person/government organisation/legacy industry/AC industry shill willing to say something as obviously stupid, if not more so. It's totally believable as 'real' precisely because some people and organisations really are that stupid.
I'd say Citation Needed for that political activist comment. Mike seems reasonably non-partisan, and has been happy to criticise both your current legally elected government, as well as its Not-so-loyal Opposition.
As for apologist, you know that's an out-and-out lie. Mike has stated on innumerable occasions that he doesn't support so-called piracy. All he does is advocates for recognising that piracy happens, so how best to deal with it. That's a bit like calling someone who makes a suggestion to be careful of being mugged 'in favour of mugging'.
Hey, at least if he is part of a LARP league, he gets out of his mum's basement, does a little exercise and interacts meaningfully with real people. Whereas you...
Aside from the fact that there are so many that it's hard NOT to look at them, so what? They are there for our 'protection' supposedly, not so that the 'authorities' can spy on us. If you put a camera in a public place, or even looking onto a public area, you can't complain if people look at it or even study it.
Besides, it's about a thousand times more likely that someone wanting to avoid a camera seeing what they are doing will be engaged in 'petty' crime, and about a million times more likely that it's some dog owner trying to work out where he can avoid using his pooper-scooper (and yes, some local authorities are that anal about it).
There are very few bins available on British transport systems precisely because years ago (1987 or 1988 or so), the delightful IRA (Irish Republican Army) decided that planting a bomb in one and setting it off during a busy period would be a 'jolly jape' that would aid their "War on Britain".
Although bins have crept back somewhat in some places, there is still a dearth of them about. Terrorism wins, and the TSA would be proud!
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There is something to be said for having an escalating cost for increasing terms. That way, the really successful properties can be extended - obviously they are making money - while less successful ones can be left to enter the public domain. On the other hand, given that most copyrights are heald by big corporations, renewal costs are fairly meaningless to them, whilst they could potentially be crippling to the smaller creator.
That's like saying "Oh, they had the funeral in a public place (i.e. cemetary), therefore they should have expected yobs shouting abuse and throwing things!"
If he's a loner, then 'social norms' are a bit meaningless if he's outside their scope.
Since we don't have a level of freedom of speech in the UK as formalised as in the US, it's a grey area where this comes, but certainly actively and apparently maliciously (and remember, he pled guilty here) causing emotional harm is something that people feel strongly about. According to papers here, he did quite bit of this, and it was only on a couple of counts (i.e. enough for them to smack him down on) that he pled guilty - others may have taken more proof.
Personally, I have mixed feelings on this, regarding free speech versus justice.
So if his attempt at being a reasoned voice of objection is 'being an annoying anal fungus',then how much lower down the evolutionary chain does that leave your random insults and non-reasoned non-arguments?
Besides, in a twisted way you just complimented Mike. You've said his arguments can't be gotten rid of. Congratulations for agreeing with his position!
I think you'll notice that Mike is actually saying:
"John Morton, who uses being on the list to remind everyone that he's going to keep seizing websites because [he says] the law says he can",
not
"John Morton, who uses being on the list to remind everyone that he's going to keep seizing websites because [I say] the law says he can"
Nice try, shame you found it too much of a strain to keep being vaguely reasonable.
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Because there is always a 'fundamentalist' religion person/government organisation/legacy industry/AC industry shill willing to say something as obviously stupid, if not more so. It's totally believable as 'real' precisely because some people and organisations really are that stupid.
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As for apologist, you know that's an out-and-out lie. Mike has stated on innumerable occasions that he doesn't support so-called piracy. All he does is advocates for recognising that piracy happens, so how best to deal with it. That's a bit like calling someone who makes a suggestion to be careful of being mugged 'in favour of mugging'.
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Besides, it's about a thousand times more likely that someone wanting to avoid a camera seeing what they are doing will be engaged in 'petty' crime, and about a million times more likely that it's some dog owner trying to work out where he can avoid using his pooper-scooper (and yes, some local authorities are that anal about it).
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Although bins have crept back somewhat in some places, there is still a dearth of them about. Terrorism wins, and the TSA would be proud!
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"Remember padawans, always use the Green Force Code..."
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That's like saying "Oh, they had the funeral in a public place (i.e. cemetary), therefore they should have expected yobs shouting abuse and throwing things!"
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Re: It was intended to harm them...
Since we don't have a level of freedom of speech in the UK as formalised as in the US, it's a grey area where this comes, but certainly actively and apparently maliciously (and remember, he pled guilty here) causing emotional harm is something that people feel strongly about. According to papers here, he did quite bit of this, and it was only on a couple of counts (i.e. enough for them to smack him down on) that he pled guilty - others may have taken more proof.
Personally, I have mixed feelings on this, regarding free speech versus justice.
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Wait, you mean this father hasn't switched his bad child before blaming teh ebil Facebook?
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This preserves rights and stops 'terrorism' how?
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Besides, in a twisted way you just complimented Mike. You've said his arguments can't be gotten rid of. Congratulations for agreeing with his position!
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"John Morton, who uses being on the list to remind everyone that he's going to keep seizing websites because [he says] the law says he can",
not
"John Morton, who uses being on the list to remind everyone that he's going to keep seizing websites because [I say] the law says he can"
Nice try, shame you found it too much of a strain to keep being vaguely reasonable.
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