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• On the post: Skinny Puppy Invoices US Government After It Played The Band's Music To Torture Gitmo Prisoners [Updated]

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2014 @ 02:34am

  Re:

  However prisoners didn?t 'buy' the music much as i don?t 'buy' elevator music, - a cruel and unusual punishment in itself
  
  so if you play music to someone else ( even in a private residence, and by any interpretation a torture cell is a private place) is that not a public performance - by ASCAP and BMI 's own rules?

• On the post: Police Who Seized Woman's Phone As 'Evidence' Of Bogus Crime Now Complaining About Criticism

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2013 @ 03:01pm

  Sarge, Sarge
  
  Ive tried thwacking him a few times and shouting 'stop resting' but this internet thingy wont do as i say.
  What do I do now?
  
  Sarge, Sarge?

• On the post: TSA Agent: Give Me That Toy Monkey Gun Or I'm Calling The Real Cops

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2013 @ 12:19pm

  I'll see your two inches and raise you .........
  
  (Obligatory penis joke)

• On the post: Police Admit That NZ Spy Agency Illegally Spied On Kim Dotcom, But Aren't Going To Do Anything About It

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2013 @ 12:56pm

  Do you think that excuse will work for the rest of us?

  'Ignorance of the law is no excuse'
  
  -except when we're the law enforcers, then its a whoopse

• On the post: Author Of UK's Terrorism Act Says It Was Never Meant For Situations Like David Miranda

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2013 @ 01:58pm

  Re: Not just journalists should be worried

  And to expand this even further:-
  
  Miranda seems to have been guilty of:
  - possessing information which could help terrorism
  - and that this information was stolen
  
  Hay, Ive just downloaded a architectural book of London buildings,(including a picture of the MI5 building) off a torrent, so now Im guilty of 'possessing information which could help terrorism' which was also 'stolen'
  
  Looks like Im not going on holiday to Spain this year

• On the post: Another 'Internet Threat' Results In Six Months In Jail And A Five-Year Ban From Social Media

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2013 @ 04:55am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Who exactly thought that their life was in danger ( for real? not just some vague concern)

• On the post: UK Home Office Says Miranda's Detention 'Fully Justified,' Attacks Press And Public For Condoning Snowden's Leaks

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2013 @ 03:13am

  'The procedure was reviewed throughout to ensure the examination was both necessary and proportionate'
  
  
  Himmm, is that realy the same as-
  
  
  "Our assessment is that the use of the power in this case was legally and procedurally sound.
  
  Only in government doublespeak and spin does 'necessary' and 'proportionate' mean 'legal' and 'procedurally sound'

• On the post: Author Claims That 'Fair Use Is Theft By Any Other Name'

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2013 @ 02:04pm

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  'People who don't buy books are nothing but fucking pirate'
  
  Avast me hearties, its of to the library we go
  
  Arghhhh

• On the post: TSA Confiscates Pregnant Woman's Insulin, Ice Packs

  

  dadtaxi ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2011 @ 08:56am

  Ice, well erm.. melts?

  Nice to know that they keep freezers at the checkin desks just to cope with this sort of terrorist sneakyness, whew -- crises averted!