MPAA Kills California Anti-Pretexting Bill

IAmTheDave writes "A California anti-pretexting bill that got unanimous support in the state senate with a vote of 30-0 was struck down after heavy last-minute lobbying by the MPAA. The bill aimed to make deceptive 'pretexting' (lying) to gain personal information on another person illegal. The MPAA told legislators 'We need to pose as someone other than who we are to stop illegal downloading,' and thus killed the bill when it came up for a final vote. California passed a much narrower bill that 'bans the use of deceit to obtain telephone calling records, and nothing else.' In a final 'think of the children' bid, the Califonia Association of Licensed Investigators also opposed the bill, saying it needed to be able to use pretexting to help find missing children, among other things."

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A Necessary Evil

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It is all about definitions .. how does one define what/who is good .. what/who is evil .. what/who is god .. what/who is satan ..

we often hear the term "a necessary evil" .. there is no such thing .. it is an oxymoron ..

i know most people are not interested in religion or the bible .. but it might be a good idea .. particularly if it is done with out the power authority and influence of the priesthood ..

another common cliché is .. "the way to hell is paved with GOOD intentions" .. ever wonder why .. how .. that might be true more often than naught ..

probably not ..

in Genesis the bible says that all of mans difficulties began .. when we partook of the fruit of the tree .. of the knowledge of good and evil .. now how and why is it .. that something that on the surface you would think would be a good thing .. to know good from evil .. turn out to be the source of ALL mankind's difficulties and problems ..

let use simple logic .. and keep it simple .. lest we get all fracked up .. like things are now ..

let's make the fruit of the tree .. linear conceptual languages ..as spoken by humankind today on earth(tower of babel) .. ie. good vs evil .. right vs wrong .. to make a mistake vs to not make a mistake .. etc.

now what is the ONLY thing that you can do .. with two points in space ..

the only thing you can do is too draw a straight line in space .. no reference point .. with the except of one the points .. which will always see the other as the opposite .. no opportunity for relativity or outside reference ..

it requires a third point for a planer reference and a fourth point for a dimensional reference .. ah! the answer maybe ..

OK .. so back to definitions .. let's define ..

God .. is that being agency or entity that is the giver of all life .. power .. and authority .. including the power and authority to do evil ..

the absolute .. good even when it might seem relatively bad ..

Satan .. is that being agency or entity that seeks power over others .. who's power and authority to do so comes from the absolute .. from god ..

the relative .. evil even when it might seem good ..

so .. then ..

fundamental Good .. is the act of empowerment and cooperation ..

fundamental Evil is the act of seeking power over and control ..

it is by this that .. an act of fundamental evil can be seen and or believed to be relatively good ..

ie. seeking power over someone or something to prevent their evil over others ..

for example .. the authorities taking away my liberty to prevent me or from me because of my taking away or attempting to take away someone else's liberty ..

one of the big problems with this is that most of our good intentions are usually after the fac