... half the problem in the USA is that, as a country, it's just too damn big.
things that large are usually called empires, and there's a reason empires are pretty much never democratic (the British empire cheated. many of it's component parts were democratic. the empire as a whole wasn't.)
oddly, there are situations where that's the best move, even against modern guns.
but they're very specific and have to be planned out ahead of time, take reality into account very seriously, and a sword is still better than a knife. (in an urban environment, say, from memory, if a swordsman can get within 3 meters of a guy with a gun without entering the gunman's line of sight/fire, and ideally without being detected, the swordsman got well over 50/50 odds of winning. )
so, it's like bringing a knife to a gun fight, and then trying to fight as though the other guy's gun is a knife.
but that's a slightly more clunkey way of putting it, i guess.
... i would recommend, among other things, this be done somewhere OUTSIDE the USA (and the influence of it's corporations)
ideally in multiple places.
... additionally, i'm not sure a wooden warehouse rates as a 'vault'... shipping containers have slightly more hope, but still. might want to try something more... fireproof.... for container after container of paper...
i wouldn't be at all surprised if somewhere in the process once he started doing this independently someone at the studios had the thought "hold on, once he's got this all established, he'll have a much stronger claim to the whole thing and could sue us over the bit in our show and win." only worded better.
still shouldn't have got any further than that thought being shot down due to the timing, but it wouldn't surprise me.
it still baffles me why studios, presented with these sorts of things, first turn it down, then sue... why not just give the guy a liscence in the first place and collect a percentage of any profits he might make? that way your ownership is established and you potentially get income you wouldn't be getting otherwise... not to mention any works based on That have to come back to you too...
i mean, come on, you already HAVE this stupid system, at least Use It Right...
I'd like to point out that 'same difference' does not actually mean Anything unless you have two pairs of objects, and in each pair there is a difference between the two objects is identical.
what you Meant to say was 'same thing', or in this case, 'they're the same person'.
which would be Wrong, but at least your Grammar would be correct.
not a lawyer, but to the best of my knowledge the ones actually breaking the law are responsible, but depending on the instructions and law in question the one giving the instructions may get done for conspiracy to commit, or for being an accessory, or some other similar thing that is technically a lesser crime but still gets them for their role in it.
unless they know, and cause profit for, the right people, of course. then those charges most likely never happen.
any company that is 'too big to fail' should immediately be broken up into component parts that are NOT.
at that point it's very existence is a danger to the public good. (not to mention they usually reach that state near the end of their lifetime: ie, when they're about to fail. or are already failing.)
also pretty sure Dark Helmet was posting comments as such for a Long time before he was posting articles under his name.
so that's less a deception and more a continuity thing in the comments running into 'articles aren't anonymous'. (not to mention i believe his Dark Helmet account does show up in blue boxes (as do other authors) on the articles he writes.
so, yeah, one does have to stretch the definition of deception a bit to make that one line up. (hence the quote marks, i assume.)
from memory of seeing such comments, in most cases the only loss of anonymity is that the origin of one comment is shown to be the same as the origin of another on a different article. ... and even then only if the reader can be arsed going and checking the article and hunting down the relevant comment.
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things that large are usually called empires, and there's a reason empires are pretty much never democratic (the British empire cheated. many of it's component parts were democratic. the empire as a whole wasn't.)
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here was me hoping it was unfortunately arraigned reporting combined with the natural 'parent in jail is not so good for kids'.
if they were actually Threatening his kids then there's all sorts of additional legal issues right there.
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but they're very specific and have to be planned out ahead of time, take reality into account very seriously, and a sword is still better than a knife. (in an urban environment, say, from memory, if a swordsman can get within 3 meters of a guy with a gun without entering the gunman's line of sight/fire, and ideally without being detected, the swordsman got well over 50/50 odds of winning. )
so, it's like bringing a knife to a gun fight, and then trying to fight as though the other guy's gun is a knife.
but that's a slightly more clunkey way of putting it, i guess.
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you know, the whole 'you wouldn't want something to happen to your kids now, would you?' angle...
probably just an unfortunate arrangement in the quoted article, but still.
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ideally in multiple places.
... additionally, i'm not sure a wooden warehouse rates as a 'vault'... shipping containers have slightly more hope, but still. might want to try something more... fireproof.... for container after container of paper...
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still shouldn't have got any further than that thought being shot down due to the timing, but it wouldn't surprise me.
it still baffles me why studios, presented with these sorts of things, first turn it down, then sue... why not just give the guy a liscence in the first place and collect a percentage of any profits he might make? that way your ownership is established and you potentially get income you wouldn't be getting otherwise... not to mention any works based on That have to come back to you too...
i mean, come on, you already HAVE this stupid system, at least Use It Right...
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what you Meant to say was 'same thing', or in this case, 'they're the same person'.
which would be Wrong, but at least your Grammar would be correct.
as is you're failing at both.
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there are not sufficient words in the English language for me to make the appropriate response to that question.
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possibly for irony, but I'm never sure about that one. (and no, it does not taste metallic.)
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unless they know, and cause profit for, the right people, of course. then those charges most likely never happen.
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at that point it's very existence is a danger to the public good. (not to mention they usually reach that state near the end of their lifetime: ie, when they're about to fail. or are already failing.)
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so that's less a deception and more a continuity thing in the comments running into 'articles aren't anonymous'. (not to mention i believe his Dark Helmet account does show up in blue boxes (as do other authors) on the articles he writes.
so, yeah, one does have to stretch the definition of deception a bit to make that one line up. (hence the quote marks, i assume.)
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