On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:59:48PM +0100, David N. Welton wrote: > Jeroen Dekkers <jeroen@dekkers.cx> writes: > > > That's all true, but not unsolvable. I don't know if you mean with > > "our lawmakers" the US lawmakers, > > Well, since the internet is global, you have to get everyone to pass > anti-spam laws. That is going to take you a long, long time. If only the EU and the US have those laws it would be really better. That the right thing takes a long time doesn't mean you shouldn't do the right thing. > > but the situation is a bit better in Europe regarding the bribery > > (but also getting worse, especially on EU-level). > > Maybe in some countries, but I wouldn't get too worked up about Europe > being 'cleaner' than the US. I don't know how it is in other parts of Europe, but in my own country, The Netherlands, it is really cleaner. There are elections at the moment and there is only one party (which is also a new one) accepting money from companies. All other parties don't except money from companies (and we've about 4 or 5 parties with influence on the politic, not only two like in the US). Before this elections, no party accepted money from companies. They also tend to listen more to the people than to companies (although a good economy is of everybody's interest of course). Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: jdekkers@jabber.org Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
Attachment:
pgp8s9s7Jcw45.pgp
Description: PGP signature