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Internet black out

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I didn’t take part in the Internet blackout today, as I’m a lazy sod and also I’m just back at work after a very hard weeks drinking. However I would note that as many many people have observed: This is very similar to our RIPA act, but from a country with more power to break stuff It’s utterly pointless, and won’t stop serious piracy in anyway It will result in an awful lot of collateral damage It will have a chilling effect and be trivial to be misused I’d also predict that if it did come to pass then it … Continue reading →

Sneaky, sneaky very sneaky!

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Once again a significant “consultation” that no body new about. It would seem that to they’d like to give the police yet more power: “This three-part consultation seeks your views on the areas of police powers which the government is committed to reviewing: – the relevance of the word ‘insulting‘ in section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 – new powers to request removal of face coverings – new powers to impose curfews” And as they’ve had a consultation, which ends tomorrow they’ll claim public support. ArchbishopCranmber and Old Holborn have more details, but if you’d like to once … Continue reading →

How laws really work

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Once more I’m stealing content via the much better informed Katabasis, but hey it’s easier than writing my own content :) So without further ado, “The Ugly Face of Tyranny” by Matt Giwer (which means Katabasis borrowed it as well). Any law the electorate sees as being open to being perverted from its original intent will be perverted in a manner that is worse than the manner of perversion seen at the time. Any law that is so difficult to pass it requires the citizens be assured it will not be a stepping stone to worse laws will in fact … Continue reading →