post curry blog post - with swear words.
March 05, 2009
how the fuck can this happen?
the select committee removed the draconian section 92 from the amendment to the copyright act and all the "stake holders" agree.
and then, somehow, a supplementary order paper reinserts the fucked-up draconian clause at the *FINAL* reading of the act, and our parliament votes yes, and it becomes law
and then the minister in charge of this sorry episode says how dare we complain! that cabinet had alway intended to include "draconian" in the law.
an election happens, and we get a new government in new zealand.
we protest as loudly as we can, and our new prime minister agrees the law is draconian.
We achieve a delay to the draconian law.
and the ex-minister in charge of this crap law (who is now unemployed and not a member of parliament) says it's "childish" to protest against draconian laws.
and now here we are, 3 weeks out from the draconian section 92A becoming law.
how the fuck does this become the process by which laws are made?
Brenda, we need to change the
Brenda, we need to change the dialog. Guilt on accusation was good for getting a delay, but we need to point out the basic rights violation and overly harsh punishment to get this thing abolished: http://www.ben.geek.nz/not-just-guilt-by-accusation/
Wow. With an attitude like
Wow. With an attitude like that I can't imagine why Ms. Tizard lost her seat.
As a soon-to-be-resident of New Zealand, I find that a bit troubling; though at least Mr. Key seems interested in actually listening, as opposed to simply caving to media companies unilaterally.
As if recording companies have some guarantee that their chosen business model *must* remain viable in the face of new technologies. What part of "no due process" and "technological progress" do people like Ms. Tizard not understand?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/con
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid...
look at this idiot.
Today I found this
Today I found this interesting editorial in the New York Times by Stanley Fish (who, I might add is the dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at my alma mater, University of Illinois at Chicago). In his piece, he writes about a new "translation" of John Milton’s Paradise Lost http://www.ebook-search-queen.com/ebook/John/John+Milton%27s+Paradise+Lo... , which basically turns the poem into everyday-English prose.
New Zealand Kiwis are too
New Zealand Kiwis are too soft and mild for Draconian Laws
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