EU May Outlaw Cookies

Millennium writes: "According to Yahoo News, The European Commission is considering a privacy directive which, among other things, completely bans the use of cookies. Forgive me for saying so, but considering all the legitimate uses of cookies, isn't banning them outright going just a bit too far?" Update: 10/31 19:21 GMT by M : The submitter's write-up is wrong. Read the story. Keep in mind, as usual, that a "news" story whose sole source is an executive with an agenda to push is unlikely to portray the situation accurately.

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Shades of the French Revolution

[UltraBot2K1]

This whole EU thing is getting out of hand. Remember the French Revolution? Let me refresh your memory. Peasants (well, actually, disaffected, rabble-rousing intellectuals using the peasants), overthrew the monarchy, bent on establishing a government based on ideals and standards. Instead, they ended up with decades of beheadings, the metric system, all kinds of silly laws in the name of "egalitarianism", and, finally, an emperor bent on expansion.

The parallels with the EU are obvious. We have a new government established, supposedly bent on establishing standards and protecting the citizen. Instead, we have the government limiting consumer choice. I think it's only a matter of time before the next Napoleon steps up to the plate and uses the infrastructure currently being put in place by the power-hungry EU.

Today, they take away the right to use cookies on your website. What tomorrow, gun rights?

Free Dmitry

[aozilla]

Next thing you know, an American Citizen will be arrested and jailed for giving a speech on shopping cart systems at a Web-Con Europe.

Yes, this is a troll. But it's meant to be a funny one.