Slovenian Ambassador Regrets Signing ACTA Agreement

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Slovenian Ambassador Regrets Signing ACTA Agreement

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 2, 2012 @05:01AM from the seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time dept.

metacell writes "Slovenia's ambassador to Japan, Helena Drnovek Zorko, writes: 'I signed ACTA out of civic carelessness, because I did not pay enough attention. Quite simply, I did not clearly connect the agreement I had been instructed to sign with the agreement that, according to my own civic conviction, limits and withholds the freedom of engagement on the largest and most significant network in human history, and thus limits particularly the future of our children.'"

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We need an amendment.... by LostCluster · 2012-02-02 05:01 · Score: 4, Insightful

Can't get SOPA/PIPA passed? Just get a diplomat from the USA to sign ACTA and all you need is a 2/3 majority in the Senate with no need for the House or President to sign off. Still a tall burden but there's much fewer Senators you need to purchase versus half the House.
1. Re:We need an amendment.... by NatasRevol · 2012-02-02 05:32 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  About the same time the last 6 presidents were impeached for similar behavior...
  
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2. Re:We need an amendment.... by Jackie_Chan_Fan · 2012-02-02 05:48 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Hell, Obama already signed into law the ability for the gov to take you away without a fair trial or even informing anyone of your disappearance.
  Obama signed it saying he would never use it and disagrees with it...
  So why did the dumb fuck sign it?
  This country is corrupt as shit. Fuck America in its mouth. The constitution is worthless.
  Btw a reporter was arrested in congress yesterday.
3. Re:We need an amendment.... by Java+Pimp · 2012-02-02 05:58 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  Except Clinton wasn't impeached for hooking up with an intern. He was impeached for lying to a grand jury about it.
  
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4. Re:We need an amendment.... by orgelspieler · 2012-02-02 06:02 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Nah. We only impeach presidents for canoodling the secretary.
Hanlon was right by gmuslera · 2012-02-02 05:03 · Score: 4, Insightful

Don't attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity
1. Re:Hanlon was right by cpghost · 2012-02-02 05:15 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  In this particular case, this ambassador may not have acted out of malice (she's just one little cog in a giant machine and couldn't have prevented it anyway), but the government that ordered her to sign it certainly intended to harm Internet. There's no doubt about this. After all, ACTA has been negotiated for a long time, and those responsible in the governments knew full well all the objections that have been brought against it. So Hanlon wasn't right here: ACTA was born out of malice, not out of stupidity.
  
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2. Re:Hanlon was right by MozeeToby · 2012-02-02 05:19 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Sometimes stupidity is malice. Like when you're too uniformed, untrained, and unmotivated to do your very important job properly. Not admitting that and stepping down is malice.
3. Re:Hanlon was right by jamstar7 · 2012-02-02 05:22 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Yeah, that went over really well at Nuremburg, too, ya know.
  
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4. Re:Hanlon was right by countertrolling · 2012-02-02 05:35 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  ...the people agreeing to it are stupid.
  No, they are corrupt
  
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Read before you sign by GameboyRMH · 2012-02-02 05:05 · Score: 4, Insightful

Applies even more to politicians than it does to the average joe.

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1. Re:Read before you sign by spidercoz · 2012-02-02 05:17 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  But it was SO LOOOOOONG! I'll just click "accept," what's the worst that could happen?
  
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Light Applause by ackthpt · 2012-02-02 05:19 · Score: 3, Insightful

You recognised it was folly. Well done.
You recognised it a bit late. Not so well done.
Go void it.

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Read Before You Sign by Jason+Levine · 2012-02-02 05:21 · Score: 5, Insightful

I thought the problem of politicians signing stuff before they read it was limited to the US Congress. Looks like it's a global phenomenon. Could you imagine if other people did that?
Pharmacist: "Yes, those drugs I dispensed killed people. I probably should have read the labels so I didn't give people the wrong dose or pills." (Said while handing a customer Viagra instead of antibiotics.)
Surgeon: "How was I to know that the patient didn't need a quadruple amputation? I didn't get a chance to read his chart before starting the surgery. Next patient! Pass the hacksaw!"
Air Traffic Controller: "Sure, a few planes collided in my airspace. It's not like it's my fault. I had no way of knowing that was going to happen when I instructed them to land without reading what was on the tracking computer. Ok, flights 54321, 31415, and 424242. You're all clear to land on runway (rolls dice) 5."

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