Jeff Nolan’s Comments

• Jun 26th, 2012 @ 9:17am

  Why is this surprising?

  on EU Commissioner Reveals He Will Simply Ignore Any Rejection Of ACTA By European Parliament Next Week
  The EU has a history of ignoring the democratic process in order to achieve the goals of the ruling class. At first they viewed direct democracy as unnecessary and ugly, an outdated convention that should be discarded in favor of technocrat intervention, now the bureaucrats in Brussels are admitting that they do not think much of politicians either...
• Nov 14th, 2011 @ 3:06pm

  (untitled comment)

  on South African Recording Industry Association Kicks Off 'Shoot The Pirate' Campaign; Amazed That Real Violence Ensues
  My favorite quote in the attached article was:
  "A brawl ensued which at its height involved artists, vendors and police, who reportedly beat up the artists’ supporters. The protesters then moved on and had another brawl with more pirates at another location."
  
  It's right out of a Mel Brooks movie...
• Sep 29th, 2009 @ 10:01pm

  Re: Deeper analysis

  on Despite All Sorts Of Laws And Automated Ticketing Cameras... Car Injuries Increased In The UK
  you have provided a lot of data and quite honestly I'm too tired to attempt to rebut the excellent argument you are making. However, as I read that original source material it did seem to indicate that casualty rates did increase, it was that the correlation to camera enforcement, etc. could not be attributed as the cause of that, which I suspect is precisely what you are point out with your second to last paragraph.
  
  Similarly, the decline in fatalities with the number of accidents increasing could be attributed to new automobiles, with better safety devices, entering the fleet. I don't think Mike would, and I certainly would not, suggest that government mandated safety devices like seat belts and airbags don't save lives, the question is do traffic law enforcement devices. If they are sold on public safety grounds and they do not fulfill that goal then they should be discontinued, I believe.
  
  Lastly, while we know, statistically, that seat belts save lives, we also know from hard data that lengthening yellow light timing saves lives yet we don't see a rush to legislate increased yellow light times. Traffic cameras, on the other hand, do not reduce accidents, according to every piece of research I have been able to find, yet they do increase revenue and accordingly we see proliferation of these devices, and in some cases accompanied by a shortening of yellow light times.
• Sep 29th, 2009 @ 1:52pm

  Re:

  on Despite All Sorts Of Laws And Automated Ticketing Cameras... Car Injuries Increased In The UK
  it's exceptionally disingenuous to suggest that traffic violations are equivalent to violent crime laws.
  
  Considering that many traffic laws are passed on the basis of proposed public safety improvements, when one of these laws is demonstrated to not achieve its intended goal (or make the condition worse in this case!) then yeah it should be repealed.