-----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. > 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. > >> 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 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. > > Celejar > -- > mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email > ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator Nice links. > > - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGQO35iXBCVWpc5J4RAr2yAKC+w3orXMSUynCsneRUV8wnuZYkDACcCcaE IV4z6h+0+iahAzsNmpg9X3A= =uHwD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]