Republican Staffer Khanna Axed Over Copyright Memo

Bob9113 writes "Ars Technica reports that Derek Khanna is getting axed over his memo detailing the conflict between laissez-faire-oriented free market ideals and the regulatory monopoly that is copyright. 'The Republican Study Committee, a caucus of Republicans in the House of Representatives, has told staffer Derek Khanna that he will be out of a job when Congress re-convenes in January. The incoming chairman of the RSC, Steve Scalise (R-LA) was approached by several Republican members of Congress who were upset about a memo Khanna wrote advocating reform of copyright law. They asked that Khanna not be retained, and Scalise agreed to their request.'"

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Everybody lies. Not just politicians.

I don't know you personally, but I have found that every single person who makes this statement is not just a liar themselves, but a pathological one. Cops say it and they get paid to lie. They lie every day for the most trivial of reasons. Politicians would say it but they are even less honest than cops if that's even possible.

This is just based on my own personal experience, but veryone I have ever met who has said what you just did is a huge, huge liar and they never feel guilty about it because "everyone does it." You may as well say, "Everyone is a sociopath." You might also say, "Everyone shoplifts." It is true that many people may try it once or twice as a kid. There's a huge difference between that and someone who does it nearly every day for their entire lives (when they are not in prison).

They have never considered the idea that some people only lie when it would be practically insane not to. I think I have lied maybe once in the last year. 99.9999% of the time lying is utterly unnecessary and pointless. I can go for years without having to tell a single lie. It may be true that nearly everyone lies at least once in their life, but there is a huge difference between someone who lies constantly, lies every single day of their life, and someone who might tell a lie once a decade.