ACTA voted down

[Bodzilla]

it's not that they're brainless.

they're just owned by someone else.

[DarkHalo003]

it's not that they're brainless.

they're just owned by someone else.

As true as this is, I still believe the concept that they lack a mind of their own....or if they do have one they are completely self-centered.

[Bodzilla]

they just dont have morales.

their vote goes to the highest bidder

[Rainbow Dash]

appeasement

a pease ment

say it with me folks

[neuro]

yup, here we go:

http://boingboing.net/?p=170057

While the court referral has attracted the lion share of attention, there is an alternate secret strategy in which Canada plays a key role. According to recently leaked documents, the EU plans to use the Canada - EU Trade Agreement (CETA), which is nearing its final stages of negotiation, as a backdoor mechanism to implement the ACTA provisions.

edit:
another article on the subject

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...an-horse.shtml

[Rainbow Dash]

saw this coming a million miles away

it's so cute that people think that once these bills get shut down once they're done lol

[Warsaw]

The battle never ends.

[Bodzilla]

the thing is, it takes EVERYONE to be proactive to stop shit like this happening.
but when it comes to humanity as a whole because we're lazy as fuck and conditioned to NOT care about politics at all except for ridiculous issues, we remain responsive.

but if we miss the time or find out late and it's already happened. we're fucked.
welcome to humanity.

[DarkHalo003]

I called it. I just didn't want to be a pessimist and post it.

[rossmum]

saw this coming a million miles away

it's so cute that people think that once these bills get shut down once they're done lol

it's a problem rampant in our society, as soon as something drops off the front page of the newspaper or out of peoples' facebook updates it's completely forgotten about