No, but seriously, these people are coming back for mandatory censorship as soon as the elections are decided in their favor. Please, do not let them get back into power after having showed their true colors.
If the people are dumber, they'll be more easily manipulated and that saves a lot of money from the Big Media persuading people!
The big companies don't want smart consumers, they want consumers that buy - governments don't want smart citizens criticising bad developments either. Ignorance is bliss, and a strength too, just not for us regular sheeplings.
I really do NOT like people, who think that articles, (pretty much ALL news) that increase our awareness are a waste of time. It pisses me off even more, that these same morons do NOT realise that they, and they're opinions have been effected. If you're feeling impotent and powerless, please do not try to spread that kind of feebleness. It's depressing and a lie to tell people that they are powerless.
For example, I read this on slashdot, paste the news to a dozen IRC-channels and make a lot of people grasp the idea of Google's draconian EULAs. Engineering opinions is neverending and DEFINITELY worth doing. Please carry on spreading information.
Don't forget that after one can vote from home, or better yet, cellphone, votes can be sold MUCH easier. I don't think blackmail is out of question either.
Also, once daddy has made up his mind who the family is voting for, he can observe his family-members vote for the 'right' candidate.
It is still necessary to go to give your vote in a voting booth and for the sake of democracy, I suggest that voting should remain as easy and uncomplicated as it is. This is one of the only things I pride myself on being conservative of.
It looks as if we got what I've been dreaming for: Some huge cock-up in this secret censorshiplist of the police, where it is WELL beyond doubt that someone is pulling this list completely off their hat. This only goes to show that huge mistakes like this are all too easy to make and how it takes ages for someone to correct it. THIS is exactly why we need supervision over this kind of list and its makers.
BTW, I'm very glad that at least the people of Finland are taking censorship seriously, whereas other europeans are taking their blinding medicine one site at a time.
Slashdot Mirror
Shattering of an illusion that scroogle.org has tried to tell us about for so long: Google is evil, like all the rest of them.
http://www.scroogle.org/gifs/gscrew.gif
Some alternatives to searching, which I think is the most dangerous tool to lose your privacy on: https://duckduckgo.com/ https://www.ixquick.com/ and of course http://scroogle.org/ that has many SSL-solutions, depending on your OS.
http://www.netalarmed.com/
No, but seriously, these people are coming back for mandatory censorship as soon as the elections are decided in their favor. Please, do not let them get back into power after having showed their true colors.
O rly?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/19/australia_list_leaked/
Now STFU, Mr. Cuntroy.
Capitalism works because it relies on forcing people to become greedy and punishing the minority that doesn't.
Fixed that for ya.
Since you also acknowledge that greed is not a good thing, why would you want to support a system that is BUILT ON GREED?
For myself, I would like to see a system that would punish greedy people for the advantage of the meek. NOT the other way around.
What's the problem in making people dumber?
If the people are dumber, they'll be more easily manipulated and that saves a lot of money from the Big Media persuading people!
The big companies don't want smart consumers, they want consumers that buy - governments don't want smart citizens criticising bad developments either. Ignorance is bliss, and a strength too, just not for us regular sheeplings.
I really do NOT like people, who think that articles, (pretty much ALL news) that increase our awareness are a waste of time. It pisses me off even more, that these same morons do NOT realise that they, and they're opinions have been effected. If you're feeling impotent and powerless, please do not try to spread that kind of feebleness. It's depressing and a lie to tell people that they are powerless.
For example, I read this on slashdot, paste the news to a dozen IRC-channels and make a lot of people grasp the idea of Google's draconian EULAs. Engineering opinions is neverending and DEFINITELY worth doing. Please carry on spreading information.
Don't forget that after one can vote from home, or better yet, cellphone, votes can be sold MUCH easier. I don't think blackmail is out of question either.
Also, once daddy has made up his mind who the family is voting for, he can observe his family-members vote for the 'right' candidate.
It is still necessary to go to give your vote in a voting booth and for the sake of democracy, I suggest that voting should remain as easy and uncomplicated as it is. This is one of the only things I pride myself on being conservative of.
It looks as if we got what I've been dreaming for: Some huge cock-up in this secret censorshiplist of the police, where it is WELL beyond doubt that someone is pulling this list completely off their hat. This only goes to show that huge mistakes like this are all too easy to make and how it takes ages for someone to correct it. THIS is exactly why we need supervision over this kind of list and its makers.
BTW, I'm very glad that at least the people of Finland are taking censorship seriously, whereas other europeans are taking their blinding medicine one site at a time.