But our "leaders" should have just said that instead of looking like lying asshats.
I strongly suspect that being open and honest would have led to similar results to what we currently have with the request/insistence/demand/requirement/order that people stay home and self isolate:
"no one's gonna tell me what to do"
"oh...I see...they think these doctors and nurses and cleaning staff are more important than I am!"
The run on toilet paper is evidence enough that the masses, at least in some communities, is a selfish horde.
Care to highlight where one finds this due process, in particular with respect to a general member of the public submitting to American Express?
And the article makes it clear that there is an element of expediency.
Oh, and this is a general member of the public using their own time and resources to try to notify a massive company to save that company pain and turmoil. So this due process had better be (a) relatively expedient and (b) not unreasonably burdensome.
A sadly good number of companies online today have never bothered to understand the RFCs. Today, you don't need to read and RFC to get up and on the net.
Many admins today have inherited a system set up by us long beards (or suspender wearers....or both). Though many of us have established good practices, there's no guaranteeing that they are being followed by those who are now running the front lines.
Would you like some nice untested, unsafe, and unclean medicine? How about some nice condoms guaranteed to only leak 20% of the time?
And when the proposed legislation actually can resolve these issues (where existing laws cannot) and when this new legislation cannot be easily abused to subdue "inconvenient content", I'll support it.
And music that the cops don't like (or understand), or think that their bosses don't like (or understand). And books. And community organizations. And up-and-coming technologies. And competition to established entities. And inconvenient displays of democracy....
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So get the government out of the way and let all players have at the marketplace. The market will pick those who serve their interests best. And as many a study have shown, that often is not the "free" option (see iTunes, Netflix, cable TV, ...)
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I strongly suspect that being open and honest would have led to similar results to what we currently have with the request/insistence/demand/requirement/order that people stay home and self isolate:
The run on toilet paper is evidence enough that the masses, at least in some communities, is a selfish horde.
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1. Let everyone know they have (some) CDs
2. ???
3. Profit!!
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And the article makes it clear that there is an element of expediency.
Oh, and this is a general member of the public using their own time and resources to try to notify a massive company to save that company pain and turmoil. So this due process had better be (a) relatively expedient and (b) not unreasonably burdensome.
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Re: Sadly, this is extremely common
Many admins today have inherited a system set up by us long beards (or suspender wearers....or both). Though many of us have established good practices, there's no guaranteeing that they are being followed by those who are now running the front lines.
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And you are suggesting that existing legislation does not allow law enforcement to prosecute such offenders?
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And when the proposed legislation actually can resolve these issues (where existing laws cannot) and when this new legislation cannot be easily abused to subdue "inconvenient content", I'll support it.
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Carry On, Indeed
...er-r-r-r...except maybe the Carry On films.
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Can't think of anything that could go wrong with this idea...
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You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Get it?
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Sell out
And who the hell wants to acquire a business that has a zero-revenues, all-expenses business model? (Rupert Murdoch can't buy them all...)
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