Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law
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Roberto � wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:38:27AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>> I don't think envy plays much of a part. Perhaps it used to, but thing
>> like Katrina opened up the world's eyes to see how many real Americans
>> live and not just the ones that the media lets them see. One of the
>> things that was shocking to most foreigners I believe was not so much
>> what happened during the crisis, but that they saw that a large number
>> of people live in poverty.
>>
> It is shocking that in a large country that apparently breeds dependence
> on the government that people live in poverty? Boy, those people must
> be quite deluded.
>
Yes, that I agree with, that's why I used to be a Republican. I can use
a phrase that you are quite certain to agree with: God help those who
help themselves. It seems that many of the poor are firm believers that
the government is designed to help them. It wasn't like this in the
United States until the socialistic programs were introduced in the
1930s. On the other hand, there were some serious abuses of labor going
on at the time, and something needed to be done to give workers some rights.
>> I used to be Republican, until I saw some of the things that they passed
>> post 9/11. Many of those laws are quite fascist, and they strip many
>
> And many of those laws have *equal* amounts of Democrat support. What's
> your point? Plenty of people *think* those laws are good for them. It
> is the product of government control of the schools. People
> automatically think that the government should do everything for them.
See above.
>
>> of the freedoms that are given in the Constitution. Perhaps when a good
>> court gets appointed, the laws will be deemed unconstitutional. Only
>
> I think that Rudy Guliani is the best hope this country has for
> appointing anything resembling good supreme court justices.
>
>> time will tell. In the meantime it is becoming McCarthyism all over
>> again, on a worse scale. Accuse your neighbor of being a terrorist and
>> watch what happens to him.
>>
> Yep. Quite sad.
We agree on a lot of issues.
Joe
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
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