A federal judge has struck down the Child Online Protection Act. The judge said that parents can protect their children through software filters and other less restrictive means that do not limit others’ rights to free speech. This is the law that required all commercial distributors of “material harmful to minors” to restrict their sites [...]
A story popped up on in various news feeds about a new bill proposed by United States of America House of Representatives lawmakers on May 9th. The supporters are all Republican, but the issue is so generic and silly that it’ll probably draw support from both sides anyway.
Specifically, the bill appears to be aimed at [...]
So Florda is saying that people have the right to use deadly force against “attackers” they precieve as threatening. Or to use a different phrase, someone picking a fight can kill scary people with immunity from criminal prosecution or civil action for using deadly force. Such questions as how the scary people feel about this [...]
It will be really interesting to see what the Canadian Government’s take, and official response, on this issue is. Personally I expect them to gloss over it, and completely ignore their legal obligation. It seems that all too often people in seats of power, either political or corperate, live well outside the scope of law.
Macdonald [...]
Shannon’s blog links to Guns Magazine, which seems to be promoting firearms purchusing on the sole basis of “cause you can!”
“Don’t buy a gun out of fear or contempt or hatred. Buy a gun because you live in a country where you can.”
um, isn’t this just as absurd as suggesting you should go bomb a [...]
ref·u·gee “re-fyu-’jE n. 1. One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety. 2. Especially, one who, in times of persecution or political commotion, flees to a foreign power or country for safety; as, the American refugees who left the US after a warmongering oil-hungry asshat took control of the country’s power.
News feeds have been running a story recently regarding Homeland Security Suits visiting a toystore, seemingly with the sole intention of enforcing intellectual property rights.
When the two agents arrived at the store, the lead agent asked Cox whether she carried a toy called the Magic Cube, which he said was an illegal copy of the [...]