Guys, I agree that Heymann is a complete douche and probably needs to be removed from his position. However, that doesn't mean that all lawyers, judges, prosecutor, etc. is out to screw everyone over. These types of comments and beliefs are exactly the reason that the US is more divided than ever before.
Let's focus on Heymann and if you want to link to some hard facts of other prosecutor misconduct that's great too but let's be a little more realistic with our comments.
There you go again Ninja, finding any way possible to bash the US.
They aren't saying they can't secure the systems. They are saying give us more money to give to corporations and pass more laws that take away the rights and privacy of our citizens.
It's not about incompetence,if anything, it's about greed and control.
In all fairness I did say it just makes me wonder not that I'm sure that's the reason. As for being too cynical that may be true but look at all the stories you write and tell me that I'm not justified in being a cynic.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Gates and Jobs both recognized themselves as criminals,
You don't get to decide that you aren't going to follow a law because YOU think it's wrong. You work the system but until the day the law is stricken from the books it's still a law. If everyone just decided to ignore the laws that they feel are unjust there would be complete disorder. It would be more fun but you can't have a society with disorder.
Why stop there? Make it clear that I own my software, my digital downloads, etc. We need to remove all ability of a company to "retain" rights to products we pay them for.
Mike is just reporting on what another person said. He doesn't have to show the evidence that backs those statements. If you want the evidence write to Ms. Stinebrickner-Kauffman.
I have to disagree. Banning them gives them the perfect opportunity to arrest everyone wearing the masks since there's no way they could have been made in Bahrain. wink wink
As always, Michael Geist has an excellent analysis of what this all means, including that we should add this to the still small, but rapidly growing list of internet advocacy success stories.
Rapidly growing list? To quote the Princess Bride - I do not think it means what you think it means.
Ninja, you keep talking poorly about the US like it's the only country that this happens in. Wake up. Money makes the courts go round in every country. Tell me about the shining beacon of justice and legality that is the court system of Brazil. Oh wait, it's not. It's more corrupt than the US system. Tell me how the UK is so much better than the US. Oh wait, it's not especially if you're someone famous. Greece, the cradle of democracy? Nope not even close.
I like bashing the US as much as anyone but I've actually lived in several other countries and have visited many, many more so I have some real comparisons other than reading a website. I've dealt with court systems around the world. The US isn't perfect but there are a lot of other countries in the world that aren't close to being as free as the US even with the corruption of our democracy.
The government gets to peer deeper and deeper into our lives, and we're less and less able to even know about it.
And the sheeple of the US are content in letting it happen.
Actually I'll go on a conspiracy tangent for a moment - the people in power, along with mainstream media, are distracting the sheeple from noticing that this is happening.
Either way it's happening and not enough people are fighting it nor is there enough publicity about these types of actions and court rulings in favor of these actions.
I've often thought that the Federal Government should build out the networks and then the telcos get charged a usage fee for all wired and wireless networks. Then the govt. would be in a much better position to:
1. enforce commonality among equipment - no more CDMA or GSM every phone in the US would be one or the other and be able to be used at any provider.
2. enforce common tech upgrades - the govt would determine what the next generation networks would look like and when the upgrade would be completed.
3. determine a fair price for services - the FCC begin to manage the price of service like they do for other utilities because phone service is now at that point where a person has to have it in the modern world. The price would start at a point of a acceptable level of profit above the usage fee charged to the telcos.
4. force telcos to provide service to rural area - the govt would actually be setting up the cell sites and running the fiber so the only the the telcos would need to do is start advertising.
However I also understand that a lot of people would see this set up as the beginnings of socialism in the US or a huge security risk.
One of the things that hard to deal with on the Internet is tone. Everyone that reads an article or a comment adds their own idea of the tone of the message. This is the first article that I have read by Mike where I immediately thought the tone was that he was pissed off by the Globe. I can't wait for the next one!
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He who is without sin amoung you...
Let's focus on Heymann and if you want to link to some hard facts of other prosecutor misconduct that's great too but let's be a little more realistic with our comments.
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They aren't saying they can't secure the systems. They are saying give us more money to give to corporations and pass more laws that take away the rights and privacy of our citizens.
It's not about incompetence,if anything, it's about greed and control.
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Re: Re: Not surprising?
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Not surprising?
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Re: How about this?
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Re: "Of course, none of this should be remotely surprising."
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Someone?
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Rapidly growing list? To quote the Princess Bride - I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Where's the leadership for Aaron's Law?
I think the IDL would at least be trying to do something to get support for this bill.
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Re: Re: Re: It's about time.
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I like bashing the US as much as anyone but I've actually lived in several other countries and have visited many, many more so I have some real comparisons other than reading a website. I've dealt with court systems around the world. The US isn't perfect but there are a lot of other countries in the world that aren't close to being as free as the US even with the corruption of our democracy.
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So frustrating...
And the sheeple of the US are content in letting it happen.
Actually I'll go on a conspiracy tangent for a moment - the people in power, along with mainstream media, are distracting the sheeple from noticing that this is happening.
Either way it's happening and not enough people are fighting it nor is there enough publicity about these types of actions and court rulings in favor of these actions.
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Horrible idea but..
1. enforce commonality among equipment - no more CDMA or GSM every phone in the US would be one or the other and be able to be used at any provider.
2. enforce common tech upgrades - the govt would determine what the next generation networks would look like and when the upgrade would be completed.
3. determine a fair price for services - the FCC begin to manage the price of service like they do for other utilities because phone service is now at that point where a person has to have it in the modern world. The price would start at a point of a acceptable level of profit above the usage fee charged to the telcos.
4. force telcos to provide service to rural area - the govt would actually be setting up the cell sites and running the fiber so the only the the telcos would need to do is start advertising.
However I also understand that a lot of people would see this set up as the beginnings of socialism in the US or a huge security risk.
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Tone