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Ian Clarke, Ernie Miller On Free Speech, Privacy
mpawlo writes "I am still pursuing my new pastime, interviewing interesting Internet policy individuals for Greplaw. Fresh catches include Freenet creator Ian Clarke on his decision to leave the USA, free speech and Freenet and former Lawmeme editor-in-chief Ernest Miller on DRM and privacy, copyright and the First Amendment... and, of course, why blogs matter. Maybe this will provide some food for thought."
Actually it said "blawgs" in my original submission and referred to law blogs, that is online journals dedicated to law and policy, rather than the daily life of your favorite pet. This is also the issue that Ernie Miller addresses in the interview.
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Not even 1/2 of America voted for *shrub* the smirking chip.
http://www.ipjustice.org/081103codepress.shtml
"If this proposal becomes a reality, major companies from abroad can use 'intellectual property' regulations to gain control over the lives of ordinary European citizens and threaten digital freedoms", said Andy Muller-Maguhn.
http://www.ipjustice.org/ipenforcewhitepaper.shtml
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:-) Please also look at the evidence of anti-conspiracy conspiracy theory:
discussion: sept 11 (WTC 2001)
issued by EUC at January 30 2003(Hitler's takeover of power 1933)
Background here:
and some other stuff here
http://www.monthlyreview.org/0503rupe.htm
http://www.dracos.co.uk/terrorism/
"Hitler was TIme Magazines Man of the Year too. What is your point? "
His main point is that Prescott Bush was financing the Nazi war effort, in full knowledge of that fact, a full 10 months after the war had been entered by the USA. At that point in 1942 the "Trading With The Enemy Act" was invoked, and the Union Banking Corporation had its assets seized. Ol' boy Prescott was a senior director; executives included two Nazi officials. I would say "study your history" but this historical fact has been obscured and suppressed.
I guess his more important point is that there is evidence of a dynastic ideological continuity from grandfather to the current president, and so people should be prepared to experience a more subtle and complex rerun of Germany ca. 1932.
Damn those pesky terrorists
IMHO, the problem is that economic and political growing pains happen anytime society advances - and since the USA is ahead of the curve, it usually experiences these problems first. I don't think moving away will help much (unless you leave the fray so as to return later when things settle down) because eventually the same growing pains will reach elsewhere too.
Other cultures will be less able to protect their liberties when the onslaught of growing pains starts to knock on their front door. I wish we had a new political frontier to go to. (the ocean?)
I call bullshit.
Jesus Christ, just do a search on Google for "prescott bush" + hitler. The facts are well documented by reputable sources: The Bush family fortune was *built* by supporting the Nazis.
Also, how that translates to George Bush having Nazi like tendencies is beyond me.
It doesn't, nor is it implied that Prescott Bush had an interest in killing Jews. Rather, it's the notion that many of the people currently in power attained their positions through a history of blatant disregard for ethical considerations, through a desire for power at any cost, no matter who gets hurt in the process.
Look around you, man. It's not Nazi Germany, and Bush isn't Hitler, but there's the same lack of ethics amongst the people in power today. And if it isn't put in check, *something* is going to happen.
Here's the Straight Dope on the issue.