On Tue, 08 May 2007 23:39:06 +0200 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 08 May 2007 19:08:11 +0200 > > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Jostein Elvaker Haande wrote: > >>> I'm left speechless, honestly... > >>> > >>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070507-record-shops-used-cds-ihre-papieren-bitte.html > >>> > >> Ha! Makes me glad I don't live there. Looks to me like another reason > >> to download music from the Internet. I really cannot understand how a > >> government that claims "to be the leaders of the free world" can be so > >> against the people. No wonder so many people are starting to think > >> poorly of the U.S. government. > > > > Do you really think that > > a) that's why so many people think poorly of the US government? > > That type of law is one reason. Iraq and general foreign policy is another. What I meant is that I think it's obvious that foreign policy (and, I suspect, envy) is the real reason, not the type of legislation being discussed. [I happen to largely agree with the foreign policy (although not necessarily the implementation, and certainly not the PR / spin.)] > > b) other governments have much less burdensome, anti-consumer > > legislation? The EU is not known as a low profile, anti-regulation > > outfit. Remember banana curve regs? > > Oh yes, that is why I point out the future United States of Europe. > Believe me, I don't agree with many thing the EU does. But it isn't just the future; when has modern Europe been less regulation happy than the US? > >> We can hope that things like this will change when the Democrats get > >> control. Don't hold your breath. > > > > Hope may spring eternal within the human breast, but why would we > > expect that to be the case? Are the Dems less beholden to Hollywood and > > the recording industry, ideologically more opposed to government > > control of economic activity, or just plain more sensible and fair :). > > [Just teasing; don't take this as a flame!] > > Yes, we must hope. To remove hope would admit defeat. Although I do I'm all for hope; I hope that the *Republicans* see the light, correct their errors and remain in power (I'm not such a Rep. partisan, but I like them, on the whole, more than the Dems.) > not have a lot of faith in any of the Democrats either. As long as the > political system does not change, I don't see a lot of progress being > made. There, you don't have enough strong political parties, here we > have too many. What sort of (practical and realistic) changes would you recommend? > > Celejar > > -- > > mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email > > ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator > > Nice links. Thanks. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
