$9.5 Billion in bonuses were distributed to employes of the company. That is an average of $370,000 each. The CEO is getting a lot, but the "peons" you talk about are still getting a huge bonus.
If the choice is paying less at an "evil" store or paying more at a "good" store, then that is an easy choice for me. I am going to purchase from the "evil" store. This might not be the most popular choice on slashdot, but it definitely explains why Walmart is so successful.
The cases you present don't directly affect most americans and they aren't motivated to act. If the government was taking 1 out of every 100 americans abroad to be tortured, then you might see some armed resistance.
The restrictions you speak of are on a company's ability to arbitrarily FIRE YOU.
Yes, I understand what the restrictions are. I also disagree with them. My current employement contract allows me or my company to terminate the agreement at any time for any reason (or no reason). I like that arrangement much better than the French system.
You do realize that most people in the UK would feel that you have that one backwards? - Not allowing handgins is seen as a good thing.
I do realize that most people in the UK feel that way. My point was that different countries have different laws on a wide variety of subjects. I like the US right to bear arms, but I wouldn't let this one issue stop me from living in the UK. Just like I don't let the one issue of privacy stop me from living in the US.
Seriously now. COULD it help? Yes. WILL it help? Most likely not. Ever tried to find the needle in a haystick? At best, it can give a clue to a terrorist's buddies AFTER the crime has been commited. But, since they're not dumb either, they'll be gone by that time.
I have never been good at finding a needle in a haystack, but I don't have the resources of the NSA. I would guess that they are very good at traffic analysis.
is there any american who is proud of the way their country treats its citizens anymore? I'm from the UK where we are pretty fierce about our privacy - well I certainly am - and I simply can't understand how this can happen.
really, it's time to immigrate people. or perhap do something, depends how far up americas ass it's finger is.
Yes, there are some things that other countries do better than the United States. Privacy is probably one of them. But there are many other things that the United States does better than other countries. The UK for example, does not allow its citizens to own handguns. Germany restricts what its citizens can say about the holocaust. France has very restrictive labor laws. If you are really thinking about moving somewhere else, you might want to consider all of the laws in a particular country, not just privacy.
How do you file a lawsuit on the grounds that it will "seriously hinder innovation on the web"? It is not illegal to have a stupid rule. Maybe someone with more legal knowledge can clarify this for me.
Because the US sees the UN as not being able to do anything without the US backing it. UN participation does not provide any sort of advantage for the US.
However the UN does do some things for Europe, it allows smaller countries to try to limit what larger countries can do.
How effective is an organization that only functions if the US happens to make the same decission? An example is the Iraq war. The US says its legal and the UN says it is Illegal. What happens? The US invades Iraq. Does the UN do anything to stop what they consider an illegal action? No. The UN has no power unless the US goes allong with them.
The UN is not a democracy. Who elected the Leader of China who then sent a representative to the UN? Not the people of China. And China hos a veto vote on the only council that really matters (the security council).
Do you really think China (part of the UN) has an interest in a free and open Internet?
Will France and Germany be ok with web sites that deny that the holocaust ever happened?
You imply that becase the US screwed up in Iraq, that we will screw up the Internet. But the US has been running the Internet since the begining and it has done a decent job. What don't you like about how the US has run the Internet?
One country breaking off from the root DNS servers and setting up there own would not work. No one would want there connection to only work with 5% of the internet. You would have to get a group of contries together in order to make it actually work. I don't think the UN is going to be able to do that.
For one thing, some people don't like the restrictions that other licenses (like the GPL) place on use of the source code. I can understand why some people like it, I am just not one of those people.
How do you go to a citizen, a property owner, someone who as poured his sweat and portion of his life into obtaining and maintaining his land, and then tell him he is to be evicted because some rich guy, or some soulless corporation has decided to take his property over???
The government decided to force him to sell his property, not an individual or a corporation. This is a good example of why voting is so important.
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$9.5 Billion in bonuses were distributed to employes of the company. That is an average of $370,000 each. The CEO is getting a lot, but the "peons" you talk about are still getting a huge bonus.
When someone is asked by the police to leave and doesn't, what is the appropriate level of response?
Yes, there can be a huge difference in maturity between 16 and 18. Also between 18 and 20.
If the choice is paying less at an "evil" store or paying more at a "good" store, then that is an easy choice for me. I am going to purchase from the "evil" store. This might not be the most popular choice on slashdot, but it definitely explains why Walmart is so successful.
Any sources to back up that statement?
That's still illegal. At least in the United States.
Georgia wanted to require people to have government issued ID to vote. Why is that such a bad thing?
The cases you present don't directly affect most americans and they aren't motivated to act. If the government was taking 1 out of every 100 americans abroad to be tortured, then you might see some armed resistance.
The restrictions you speak of are on a company's ability to arbitrarily FIRE YOU.
Yes, I understand what the restrictions are. I also disagree with them. My current employement contract allows me or my company to terminate the agreement at any time for any reason (or no reason). I like that arrangement much better than the French system.
You do realize that most people in the UK would feel that you have that one backwards? - Not allowing handgins is seen as a good thing.
I do realize that most people in the UK feel that way. My point was that different countries have different laws on a wide variety of subjects. I like the US right to bear arms, but I wouldn't let this one issue stop me from living in the UK. Just like I don't let the one issue of privacy stop me from living in the US.
I have never been good at finding a needle in a haystack, but I don't have the resources of the NSA. I would guess that they are very good at traffic analysis.
Yes, there are some things that other countries do better than the United States. Privacy is probably one of them. But there are many other things that the United States does better than other countries. The UK for example, does not allow its citizens to own handguns. Germany restricts what its citizens can say about the holocaust. France has very restrictive labor laws. If you are really thinking about moving somewhere else, you might want to consider all of the laws in a particular country, not just privacy.
Because there is no one who is going to enforce those international laws. So they are pointless.
The government uses taxes to encourage and discourage behavior all of the time.
How do you file a lawsuit on the grounds that it will "seriously hinder innovation on the web"? It is not illegal to have a stupid rule. Maybe someone with more legal knowledge can clarify this for me.
So when I travel to a foriegn country, stay at a hotel and pay taxes on my room, I should be able to vote how those taxes are used?
There are only a few reasons why you would be taxed in the US but not allowed to vote and all of them are good reasons:
1. Not a US citizen
2. Fellony conviction
3. Currenyly in jail or prisson
4. Comitted to a mental institution
5. Under the age of 18
There might be others that I am not thinking of.
Because the US sees the UN as not being able to do anything without the US backing it. UN participation does not provide any sort of advantage for the US.
However the UN does do some things for Europe, it allows smaller countries to try to limit what larger countries can do.
How effective is an organization that only functions if the US happens to make the same decission? An example is the Iraq war. The US says its legal and the UN says it is Illegal. What happens? The US invades Iraq. Does the UN do anything to stop what they consider an illegal action? No. The UN has no power unless the US goes allong with them.
The UN is not a democracy. Who elected the Leader of China who then sent a representative to the UN? Not the people of China. And China hos a veto vote on the only council that really matters (the security council).
Do you really think China (part of the UN) has an interest in a free and open Internet?
Will France and Germany be ok with web sites that deny that the holocaust ever happened?
You imply that becase the US screwed up in Iraq, that we will screw up the Internet. But the US has been running the Internet since the begining and it has done a decent job. What don't you like about how the US has run the Internet?
When has the US imposed its view of how the Internet should work on the rest of the world?
One country breaking off from the root DNS servers and setting up there own would not work. No one would want there connection to only work with 5% of the internet. You would have to get a group of contries together in order to make it actually work. I don't think the UN is going to be able to do that.
For one thing, some people don't like the restrictions that other licenses (like the GPL) place on use of the source code. I can understand why some people like it, I am just not one of those people.
How do you go to a citizen, a property owner, someone who as poured his sweat and portion of his life into obtaining and maintaining his land, and then tell him he is to be evicted because some rich guy, or some soulless corporation has decided to take his property over???
The government decided to force him to sell his property, not an individual or a corporation. This is a good example of why voting is so important.
But not following the order of a superior officer can land you in hot water.. so you're damned if you do and damned if you don't?
Not following the legal order of a superior office can land you in hot water.