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Microsoft's Cooperation With NSA Either Voluntary, Or Reveals New Legal Tactic
holy_calamity writes "When Microsoft re-engineered its online services to assist NSA surveillance programs, the company was either acting voluntarily, or under a new kind of court order, reports MIT Technology Review. Existing laws were believed to shelter companies from being forced to modify their systems to aid surveillance, but experts say the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court may now have a new interpretation. Microsoft's statement about its cooperation with NSA surveillance doesn't make it clear whether it acted under legal duress, or simply decided that to helping out voluntarily was in its best interest."
Its not jsut a woman's body issue if the man is forced to pay for a child he doesnt want.
This is rather like saying we live in a world where if you plant a seed in someones garden that creates a legal obligation where youI have to help pay for the watering and care of the plant. You are well aware of this potential obligation in advance. Its been law for a while now after all, and its no secret or surprise.
The owner of the garden,should they decide to remove the plant, absolves you of any responsibility for it.
However, if they keep the plant, You are stuck with the legal obligation, and that isn't fair. That's pretty much your complaint right?
So you want to unilaterally be able to plant seeds in other people's garden without the legal obligation?
The solution seems obvious -- get a signed release waiving your legal obligations to support a child in advance. I expect that would even hold up in court.
Failing that don't plant seeds in other peoples gardens.
Everyone worries about forcing women to have kids they may not want
The owner of the garden should have more rights than you over what grows in their garden. Unless they raped you to harvest your seed you really don't have much sympathy from me.
, but never say a goddman thing about the men we jail for missing child support payments. We put people in jail for DEBT.
We put people in jail for failing to make court ordered payments. What else can the punishment be? A fine? You think we should punish people who fail to make a court ordered payment with another court ordered payment? What happens if they ignore that? I know, I know, another court ordered payment!!?
Men should have at least SOME say in the decision or at the very least be able to walk away if the woman decides to keep it.
You can walk away; but you have to buy out your share of responsibility. That's what the child support is. You don't have to be a parent.
Until a man can be absolved of responsibility, its our issue too.
You can be absolved. The woman has to agree to absolve you. Its pretty common, and happens a lot.
Oh, you want to be absolved after planting the seed, after the obligation to care for it has been created, and in defiance of the mother who expects (and is legally correct in expecting) you to provide support.
Yeah... I wish Vegas would let me say "practice round" and walk away after I make a big bet and lose too. Its so unfair that they don't.