_"He should have insisted on standing by his free speech rights..."
Yes, and launched a test case! And the family foundation could have paid Trump's legal fees. Again._
Better him than me. I don't have a rich daddy who can pay to sue the entire state of New York (or in my case, California) from the change in his pocket.
Well, you know the old saying... you can't make an omlette without breaking a few laws, court orders and constitutional amendments that guarantee against unreasonable searches and siezures.
I love that old saying. It just rolls off the tongue.
"Wouldn't it be nice if one of the two people who will win tomorrow actually respected the damn First Amendment? Remember, Gary Johnson is still on the ballot in every state..."
I too read that and thought, oh no, Techdirt is promoting the same false dilemma that everybody else is. But I ran through the logic in my head a few times and realized that by "two people who win" he was talking about whomever won the president and vice president votes.
Perhaps it could have been phrased better, though.
I think the reason for the policy is to prevent malicious, politically-motivated investigations from being conducted just to derail a candidate's campaign.
Shooting the messenger has been an accepted method of dealing with problems for millennia, and is just as effective now as it was on the first application.
I never would have noticed this if I didn't read Techdirt, but I notice that Blizzard's Overwatch Summer Games event is evocative of the Olympics without once naming them or otherwise touching any of their IP. https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20216482 Note in particular the color scheme.
Luckily their character Lucio is already based in Rio De Janeiro. They manage to skirt entanglements by spelling out the full name.
Bet the OC is watching them like a hawk. Also probably have a team of lawyers and researchers dotting every T and crossing every I.
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Response to: rw on Nov 10th, 2016 @ 5:58pm
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Which world is that? Bizaro World?
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_"He should have insisted on standing by his free speech rights..."
Yes, and launched a test case! And the family foundation could have paid Trump's legal fees. Again._
Better him than me. I don't have a rich daddy who can pay to sue the entire state of New York (or in my case, California) from the change in his pocket.
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I love that old saying. It just rolls off the tongue.
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Response to: Oninoshiko on Nov 7th, 2016 @ 1:45pm
Remember, Gary Johnson is still on the ballot in every state..."
I too read that and thought, oh no, Techdirt is promoting the same false dilemma that everybody else is. But I ran through the logic in my head a few times and realized that by "two people who win" he was talking about whomever won the president and vice president votes.
Perhaps it could have been phrased better, though.
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I dunno. Sounds good in my head, but I don't know if it could really be done.
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Re: um, no, simply, no...
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Luckily their character Lucio is already based in Rio De Janeiro. They manage to skirt entanglements by spelling out the full name.
Bet the OC is watching them like a hawk. Also probably have a team of lawyers and researchers dotting every T and crossing every I.
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