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UK Gov't Launches 'Your Freedom' Website To Seek Laws Worth Repealing
Firefalcon writes "The UK Government launched Thursday the 'Your Freedom' website, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, to 'identify laws that should be repealed.' In a recent tweet, Police State UK pointed out an article in the New Statesman which appeals for people to call on the Government to repeal the ill thought-out Digital Economy Act that was rushed through Parliament without sufficient scrutiny. While part of the Act is regarding the digital TV switchover, other sections allow for users to be restricted or disconnected from the Internet at the behest of copyright owners, which goes against the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty' that has been in place since the Magna Carta."
Cameron's a fucking brilliant PR man. He knows that the Internet is mostly paTrolled by lazy, middle-class Libertardian types with way too much time on their hands. The loudest voices on this site will not represent the population, but people obsessed with:
Non-single-issue laws which have a significant impact on the freedom or purse of the public, such as those related to the right to remain silent or surveillance or regulatory bodies or corporate taxation or military spending or public-private partnerships are far too complex to be properly analysed by the lazy group dominating the forum, let alone able to be tackled in terms of "keep or repeal". And Cameron knows this.
Feminist started in the 18th century.
Frederick Douglas would likely be to classy to vomit on your boots, but I wouldn't.
And sexual orientation was most certainly not an issue FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE JUDICIALLY MURDERED ABOUT IT.
You've however happily told me the core bit: you're an idiotic straight white male who thinks if things are good for him they're good for everyone.
That's right,
At that time, the economic liberties were pretty good.
Today everything is regulated to a very deep extent in most of the World. Government has made an incursion very deep into the private lives of citizens.
Getting rid of bad laws can give back some of the power that has been stolen from the people by government, specially in the economic sense.
I doubt life in the 19th century was better than what it is today, but it's true that economic freedoms where as healthy as they get, much healthier than today.
The problem is that the state doesn't have the right to decide that you can only have a gun if you NEED one. Especially since the state is the body deciding what valid the reasons for needing a gun are.
If you want a gun and can demonstrate that you're a knowledgeable, law-abiding and stable individual, you should be able to get one, simple as that. Exactly the same as other items with destructive power. Why do you need a fast car? It has no legitimate use. All it's good for is driving around a track, and that's as legitimate as target shooting. All you NEED to get around is a boring econobox. The state will issue you with a Smart Fortwo and if you can demonstrate a NEED for an engine bigger than 1 litre, you can apply to your chief constable stating your case, and he can decide to let you have one. Or decide against it, if he feels like it or doesn't like you. Why do you NEED a javelin? Throw quoits instead. Why do you NEED martial arts training? Why do you NEED a shovel? Dig with your hands. Why do you NEED bleach? Why do you NEED a knife? And so on.
Reasonable restrictions on possession and use are the government's prerogative, with public approval. Just like all other dangerous items. Requiring that you show you have a legitimate reason for having a gun, and letting the government decide what reasons count as legitimate, is authoritarian bullshit.
I'm not advocating gun control relaxation in the UK, by the way. I know that's a lost cause due to decades of heavy control and feminisation, that British people are terrified of guns and incapable of seeing any reason to own one other than intention to go murdering. But you arseholes are convinced that your opinion and your irrational fear are universal truths, that the British approach is correct and every country should follow it, that the Americans are idiotic rednecks in danger of being shot at any moment. You regard the US Constitution with derision because it enumerates a right to carry firearms, and think that if that right was unenumerated that the American public would be fine with guns being banned. It's insulting.
You need to learn to think outside of the box
Thank you, but my attitude and weapons knowledge is commonplace where I live, where jocks are legion and where the nerdkind has no place.
Beware. We live. We hunger. Run, cowards, run.
Geeks are so full of shit that "beating the crap out of them" takes a whole new meaning.