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• On the post: If You Meet A Censor, Ask Why They Haven't Become Moral Degenerates Themselves

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 01:44am

  Re: What about parental filters?

  Indeed. I have a five-year old daughter, and I will be helping her when I let her on to the internet, I will be trying to guide her away from places like 4chan to start with: then, when she's ready, allow her to go where she wishes.
  
  But not before she's, like, a hundred. :p

• On the post: Dutch Judge's Anti-Piracy Activities Draw Accusations Of Corruption In Pirate Bay Censorship

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 01:41am

  Re:

  ...and intentionally ignoring conflicts of interest and NOT DISCLOSING THEM isn't corruption?

• On the post: In Which I Debate A Media Mogul Who Insists It's Crazy To Give Content Away For Free

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 01:40am

  Re: Re: Re: Embed mildly broken

  Hey, at least you only have to giv e ausername and password. I hear Universal are trying to buy souls with kittens and pink unicorns before you can create for them.

• On the post: Darrell Issa Puts Old Leaked TPP IP Text Up For Discussion

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 01:37am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  To be fair, at least he's trying to work within the limitations he has. Which is a lot more than I can say for the vast majority of the clownboat called Congress.

• On the post: Darrell Issa Puts Old Leaked TPP IP Text Up For Discussion

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 01:36am

  Re: Re: Re: Subject To Law

  Well, I think there might have been a war about that, involving copious amounts of Tea.

• On the post: The Sky Continues To Rise: EU Gross Box Office Returns And EU Film Production Both Hit Record Highs In 2011

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 16 May, 2012 @ 01:34am

  Re:

  "Because then quantum economics takes over and eats your profits!!!!"

• On the post: Who Needs SOPA When Courts Will Pretend SOPA Already Exists?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 02:49pm

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

  "voluntary" like removing cancerous tumours for survival are "voluntary".

• On the post: TV Network Execs Contemplate Going To Court To Say Skipping Commercials Is Illegal

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 02:48pm

  Re: Re:

  Dammit, why can't it be Invisible Laws?

• On the post: UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters — So Who Needs New Legislation?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 12:36pm

  Re:

  Eh, who needs parenting when you have THE DAILY MAIL?
  
  /s

• On the post: UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters — So Who Needs New Legislation?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 12:35pm

  Re: Re:

  They wouldn't need to. But, being British, we have this stiff upper lip, amongst other things...

• On the post: US Government Gets 10% Royalty On 'Passion Of The Christ' Prequel In Plea Deal With Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 12:34pm

  Re:

  That's always been true (cf. plea bargains).
  
  What's more interesting about this is that they basically blackmailed someone to get a script so they could leave jail sooner.
  
  But when lawyers get involved...then life imitates arse.

• On the post: Who Needs SOPA When Courts Will Pretend SOPA Already Exists?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:58am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  And neither is ICE. Your point?

• On the post: If You Meet A Censor, Ask Why They Haven't Become Moral Degenerates Themselves

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:57am

  The coreect answer is...

  Because the censors lose their morality as soon as they take the mantle up.

• On the post: UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters — So Who Needs New Legislation?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:41am

  Re: Re: Re:

  No, I can get a pack of shrimp for only ?25.

• On the post: UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters — So Who Needs New Legislation?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:40am

  Re:

  No, he's just less effective at hiding his upper-class twittery.

• On the post: UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters — So Who Needs New Legislation?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:39am

  Re:

  The UK is NOT a nanny state, it's a deranged Aunt state.
  
  Get it right.

• On the post: Fearmongering About Cyberwar And Cybersecurity Is Working: American Public Very, Very Afraid

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:37am

  Re: Re: They just don't know...

  No, a person is smart, people are morons.

• On the post: Who Needs SOPA When Courts Will Pretend SOPA Already Exists?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:36am

  Re: Re: Re:

  So is lying about your profits to everyone. But the MAFIAA seem to have bought their way out of that, too.

• On the post: Who Needs SOPA When Courts Will Pretend SOPA Already Exists?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 10:34am

  Re: Re:

  They were "seized" pursuant to "criminal" charges, at great expense to the American taxpayer (as well as those nations from which they were extradited) at the behest of an outdated businessmodel and lies upon deceptions upon slanders.
  
  Moreover, note how not a single one of those has been fully legitimate.

• On the post: US Government Gets 10% Royalty On 'Passion Of The Christ' Prequel In Plea Deal With Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 07:55am

  Re:

  Ah, so it's a taxation con. Gotcha. :)

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