Actually, it's not surprising that we are having this debate now. Our government today has about as much in common with its early years as man has to monkeys. They were trying to live in a real democracy then and now they are doing their best to prevent it.
I just wanted to thank you for being courageous enough to do this. I've been an Insider for as long as you have offered it and I still have my "Looooots for shirts" t-shirt. I am more than willing to support you through these types of things, especially if I get to kill the ads. Too bad others don't follow this example.
"If these people are so sure that Dotcom is guilty, why not wait until that's shown in a court of law, rather than having to go through this separate process to take all of his stuff?"
When you know you can't win, cheat. If he has no assets, he can't defend himself.
They may have had good on their side at some point a long time ago, but once they decided they were above any law they became nothing more than criminals.
Not to be an advocate for it, but the Corporate Sovereignty provisions in TTIP might cure this nonsense. Unfortunately, even that "bright" spot is enough to make those trade agreements worth the costs.
"Perhaps it's time to move in the other direction and take away the government's mandate over "cybersecurity" because it's shown little indication that it can handle the problem."
And what happens when the "good guys" go bad? Will they spontaneously lose the Key? After all, we know ALL law enforcement personnel are the honest "good guys."
"And using your misguided patriotism as the impetus for punishments that far outweigh the non-crime is an abuse of the power granted to you by the public."
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Re:
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Re: We may not love lawyers, but sometimes we need them
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Thanks
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When you know you can't win, cheat. If he has no assets, he can't defend himself.
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I think restricting this statement to the DOJ is a possible mistake. Shouldn't that have said "example of the Executive branch being out of control?
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A fix?
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Seconded!!!
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Of course they are different deals; TPP is MUCH worse for the public.
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And what happens when the "good guys" go bad? Will they spontaneously lose the Key? After all, we know ALL law enforcement personnel are the honest "good guys."
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Oh, I don't know. Look at the ownership.
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But perfectly fine for a totalitarian regime.
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