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Thin end of the wedge?
Mark Allanson - 17/1/12 at 11:39 AM

Will this be the end of the internet as we know it? How will the new act be misused by American government in the way that they tend to?

HowardB - 17/1/12 at 04:31 PM

I thought that this was going to be about the EU move to car black box pay as you go insurance,...

equally important I guess,...

David Jenkins - 17/1/12 at 05:37 PM

Obama has blocked it - not actually said he's against it, but he's imposed some procedure that effectively means that it'll never get voted on and put into practice.

Doesn't mean that they won't try something else though...

[Edited on 17/1/12 by David Jenkins]

RK - 17/1/12 at 06:21 PM

As one gets older, the world becomes increasingly dangerous and effectively, a worse place to live than it used to be. Facts say otherwise.

I have thousands of songs on my computer (s) which I paid zero for. Lock me up.

Ninehigh - 17/1/12 at 06:41 PM

I have the entire collection of Star Trek... all of which I could record off the TV with a lot more organisation and messing about...

splitrivet - 17/1/12 at 07:14 PM

Hacks me off the way the yanks think they are the rulers of the planet, bunch of bible thumping hypocritical @rseholes.
Cheers,
Bob

norfolkluego - 17/1/12 at 08:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by splitrivet
Hacks me off the way the yanks think they are the rulers of the planet, bunch of bible thumping hypocritical @rseholes.
Cheers,
Bob


Not just you , what gives them the right to think their law applies in every country in the world

Ninehigh - 17/1/12 at 09:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by norfolkluego
quote:
Originally posted by splitrivet
Hacks me off the way the yanks think they are the rulers of the planet, bunch of bible thumping hypocritical @rseholes.
Cheers,
Bob


Not just you , what gives them the right to think their law applies in every country in the world


It doesn't, a few years ago they brought in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which tried to shut down all the poker sites. 99% of them are still there, and half of them still accept US players.

This other law would have, in essence, done f-all because the only sites that would have been shut down is, er, Mininova?

RK - 18/1/12 at 12:44 AM

Americans still think they control the world. I love them, am named after one, have lived there, but most of them truly believe that the rest of the world WANTS to be just like them, and can't think otherwise. It is sort of true though, when you think about it. Sadly.

Canadians are well versed in how the US operates. We can't get away from them. Problem is, in winter we don't want to.