... given the usual negative consequences of short-term focused business decisions on everything but the owner's pocket, i don't think anyone's going to object to a rare example of a positive outcome.
none of which addresses the Risk of being Caught, only the consequences if you Are.
further, while the N.Korea situation is more extream, in either case, the consequences if you are caught are rather radically out of line with the actions they're meant to punish.
and your 3 for the US is often irrelevant and 4 plain wrong, as the legal system itself will pretty much wreck most people if they're dragged into it.
there's actually something to be said for a legal system where the other guy can't win by simply Outlasting you. (though this assumes reasonable laws, competent enforcement, and fair judges... nice ideas, but the thought that such a circumstance is even vaguely likely to come about, let alone remain so, is pretty much laughable.)
also, it's possible that, despite being from an old article, it got enough insightful markers in this week alone to nudge it high enough to be noticed. good comments do that sometimes.
i believe there's a minimum number of 'insightful' clicks needed for the icon to show up on the comment too, so that would be a 'minimum' maybe.
heh. if this blows up in the current NZ government's face badly enough it probably would be possible to set it up here with Kiwibank (NZ government owned back, unlike all the others with "New Zealand" in their names which are owned by Australians...) to handle direct bank transfers... internet banking is shiny like that. a bit more awkward, but entirely doable.
(though... kiwibank does offer Visa debit cards, and losing that would annoy people...)
i wouldn't expect that to actually Happen, mind you, as our governments rarely put anything short of 'widespread public revolt and/or garanteed loss of the next election' above anything that MIGHT lead to a 'free trade deal' with the USA. (which, incidentally, is Stupid, as our main US imports are, so far as i can tell, grains, and IP related stuff. and all these 'free trade' deals actually further restrict the IP stuff... and given the Problems with the grain (over refined, among other things) and our current agricultural sector we'd be better off encouraging our own farmers to shift from excessive milk production to grain (the land's better suited for it anyway) to replace the Import rather than trying to sell more Milk...)
the current NZ government? not so much... then again, the current NZ government likes making things up wholesale to cover their arses, then creating new fabrications when that comes back to bite them...
(yeah, it's not as popular as it looks. while it wont the election, whatever the leadership occasionally comes out with, it has NO mandate. (when your coalition of 'everyone who hasn't outright refused to work with you' barely squeeks 50%+1 when 1/4th of eligible voters... didn't... and you had to go to court to resolve numerous 'within teh margin of error' seats AND had an actual Draw in one electorate (later resolved by 'special' votes, ie, people who were out of the electorate on election day and had to submit their votes through other methods) ... you don't get to claim a mandate from the people, and people will start looking at you funny if you start going on about the 'mandate of heaven'... those who even know what you're talking about would go 'umm... noooo... note monarchy. note Monarch. you don't get that.')
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further, while the N.Korea situation is more extream, in either case, the consequences if you are caught are rather radically out of line with the actions they're meant to punish.
and your 3 for the US is often irrelevant and 4 plain wrong, as the legal system itself will pretty much wreck most people if they're dragged into it.
there's actually something to be said for a legal system where the other guy can't win by simply Outlasting you. (though this assumes reasonable laws, competent enforcement, and fair judges... nice ideas, but the thought that such a circumstance is even vaguely likely to come about, let alone remain so, is pretty much laughable.)
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i seem to recall a similar imbalance of punishments leading to revolt in other times and places.
if the punishment for revolt is death, and the punishment for being late is death, and you're already late... nothing to lose by revolting.
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but a valid point.
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i believe there's a minimum number of 'insightful' clicks needed for the icon to show up on the comment too, so that would be a 'minimum' maybe.
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this time it's the courts rather than parliament, which is not as cool, but is still good.
(the reason why US warships don't dock in NZ ports is... amusing...)
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(though... kiwibank does offer Visa debit cards, and losing that would annoy people...)
i wouldn't expect that to actually Happen, mind you, as our governments rarely put anything short of 'widespread public revolt and/or garanteed loss of the next election' above anything that MIGHT lead to a 'free trade deal' with the USA. (which, incidentally, is Stupid, as our main US imports are, so far as i can tell, grains, and IP related stuff. and all these 'free trade' deals actually further restrict the IP stuff... and given the Problems with the grain (over refined, among other things) and our current agricultural sector we'd be better off encouraging our own farmers to shift from excessive milk production to grain (the land's better suited for it anyway) to replace the Import rather than trying to sell more Milk...)
all very silly, really.
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the current NZ government? not so much... then again, the current NZ government likes making things up wholesale to cover their arses, then creating new fabrications when that comes back to bite them...
(yeah, it's not as popular as it looks. while it wont the election, whatever the leadership occasionally comes out with, it has NO mandate. (when your coalition of 'everyone who hasn't outright refused to work with you' barely squeeks 50%+1 when 1/4th of eligible voters... didn't... and you had to go to court to resolve numerous 'within teh margin of error' seats AND had an actual Draw in one electorate (later resolved by 'special' votes, ie, people who were out of the electorate on election day and had to submit their votes through other methods) ... you don't get to claim a mandate from the people, and people will start looking at you funny if you start going on about the 'mandate of heaven'... those who even know what you're talking about would go 'umm... noooo... note monarchy. note Monarch. you don't get that.')
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which Should be all of them.
Fiji (i'm not misremembering which country i'm talking about am i?) got it's membership suspended for screwing up on that note.
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so long as you avoid gaming and have it set up in a way that suits you to start with, they mostly do...
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ribbit?
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though the desktop is for gaming, not web browsing.
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i do believe a lot of people exploit it for such purposes.
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