I have always believed that a properly-functioning government, not owned by monied interests and willing to take effective and severe action against misbehaving corporations and their executives would have prevented both Anonymous and LulzSec from ever getting started. As I see it, they are only stepping in where the government has grotesquely failed. Everything that is bad about vigilanteism is caused by failing governments.
I don't know how things are in the U.K., but here in the U.S., if any politician so much as suggested trying this, there would be such a massive hue and cry from a huge section of the country about "Government overstepping their bounds!" and "Socialism!" that they wouldn't know what hit them.
In other words, government will never be able to stand up to corporations and take "effective and severe action" against them. We're pretty much screwed.
Darn those Democrat politicians, in the RIAA/MPAA's pocket, like the sponsor of this bill, Rep. Gerald McCormick, and the Governor who will sign it, Bill Haslam! Thank God the Republicans will come to the rescue!
But . . . it's not called "Do not track"! Dont' you understand? It's obviously inferior!
In other news, Firefox has bookmarks but it still doesn't have a feature called "Favorites" like Internet Explorer does. When will it ever get with the program? Oh, and when will it ever catch up to IE9 in version numbering???
Nuclear power is safe. No one will suffer. No one will die.
This is all an overreaction by environmentalists and sensationalist media. If you read that anything bad is happening or anyone has died, it is a lie. Nuclear power is safe! I repeat SAFE! SAFE!!!!!
. . . that that is a joke site that isn't created by anyone "on the left" at all, don't you?
Look at their Sponsored Ads (which change when you reload the page). Would someone that really thinks Obama is the Messiah have sponsored links like "Obama advisor tied to 60s domestic terrorists, a must read for Americans," "Inflation Hedge - Obama’s spending is out-of-control. Protect your wealth from inflation," or "Health Care Nightmare - Why Obama is pushing ’reform’ so quickly, in shocking video testimony!"?
just look at how many Senate votes that John Kerry has missed in the past 12 years. Something like 1000 or more a year according to Fox News.
Did Fox News really say that? I guess with their usual level of honesty I wouldn't be surprised.
In fact, the number is really 623 total since 1989, about 9% of the total, and most of them were during his campaign. At other times he was usually around average. See this link.
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I have always believed that a properly-functioning government, not owned by monied interests and willing to take effective and severe action against misbehaving corporations and their executives would have prevented both Anonymous and LulzSec from ever getting started. As I see it, they are only stepping in where the government has grotesquely failed. Everything that is bad about vigilanteism is caused by failing governments.
I don't know how things are in the U.K., but here in the U.S., if any politician so much as suggested trying this, there would be such a massive hue and cry from a huge section of the country about "Government overstepping their bounds!" and "Socialism!" that they wouldn't know what hit them.
In other words, government will never be able to stand up to corporations and take "effective and severe action" against them. We're pretty much screwed.
Darn those Democrat politicians, in the RIAA/MPAA's pocket, like the sponsor of this bill, Rep. Gerald McCormick, and the Governor who will sign it, Bill Haslam! Thank God the Republicans will come to the rescue!
Oh, wait . . .
According to TFA, this guy worked for Diebold.
He shouldn't have fled. After what he did they probably would have promoted him to a high executive position.
But . . . it's not called "Do not track"! Dont' you understand? It's obviously inferior!
In other news, Firefox has bookmarks but it still doesn't have a feature called "Favorites" like Internet Explorer does. When will it ever get with the program? Oh, and when will it ever catch up to IE9 in version numbering???
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This extends to cellphones with the iPhone being the penultimate example.
OK, Mr. smart guy, then what's the ultimate example? Android? BlackBerry? Something else?
None of this is happening.
Nuclear power is safe. No one will suffer. No one will die.
This is all an overreaction by environmentalists and sensationalist media. If you read that anything bad is happening or anyone has died, it is a lie. Nuclear power is safe! I repeat SAFE! SAFE!!!!!
Sincerely,
The Slashdot Propaganda Machine
. . . that that is a joke site that isn't created by anyone "on the left" at all, don't you?
Look at their Sponsored Ads (which change when you reload the page). Would someone that really thinks Obama is the Messiah have sponsored links like "Obama advisor tied to 60s domestic terrorists, a must read for Americans," "Inflation Hedge - Obama’s spending is out-of-control. Protect your wealth from inflation," or "Health Care Nightmare - Why Obama is pushing ’reform’ so quickly, in shocking video testimony!"?
according to conservapedia, the entire universe has a strong liberal bias
Fixed that for you.
just look at how many Senate votes that John Kerry has missed in the past 12 years. Something like 1000 or more a year according to Fox News.
Did Fox News really say that? I guess with their usual level of honesty I wouldn't be surprised.
In fact, the number is really 623 total since 1989, about 9% of the total, and most of them were during his campaign. At other times he was usually around average. See this link.