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Leak Shows US Lead Opponent of ACTA Transparency
An anonymous reader writes "Throughout the debate over ACTA transparency, the secret copyright
treaty, many countries have taken public positions that they support
release of the actual text, but that other countries do not.
Since full transparency requires consensus of all the ACTA partners,
the text simply can't be released until everyone is in agreement.
A new leak
from the Netherlands fingers who the chief opponents of transparency
are: the United States, South Korea, Singapore, and Denmark lead the
way, with Belgium, Germany, and Portugal not far behind as problem
countries."
Huh? We aren't talking about military retaliation.
Now we are...
Why would you bring that up?
Because it's about time. Enough about the bullying. Sometimes you do need to pull a Columbine on bullies. And God, have we seen bullying by the US during the last 10 years! Enough already, please leave us alone!
Christ, nuclear power or not France is an ally!
However, why France still wants to be an ally of a Nation which doesn't respect the civil liberties of its own citizens is beyond me. During the cold war, it may have made sense, but no longer now. Ironically, during most of the cold war (since 1966), France was not a member of NATO, and it is only very recently that they decided to join again
Personally, I hope they do stand up to us, just like Germany did regarding Iraq. "No, this is a bad idea!" That's all they have to do.
Indeed. No need to spell everything out explicitly. US diplomats should be intelligent enough to understand that when France says that it is a bad idea, that indeed, then it is indeed a bad idea. Indeed, France has much more convincing arguments here than Germany.