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Old 02-19-2012, 08:09 PM   #90
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Originally Posted by MarchHare View Post
Vic Toews admits that he doesn't even know the content in his own bill. There isn't a facepalm image big enough.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stor...vic-toews.html
Again, standard for these things. Many American Representatives and Senators had no clue what was in SOPA or PIPA either. Someone else wrote it, told them it was to combat piracy/child porn/cyber crime and asked them to support. Fortunately in all cases, the populace is more clued in than the politicians.

Doesn't say anything good about our politicians. But it does show the importance of the populace being involved in the democratic process.


Also, Great Britain is trying to enact similar spynets:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ext-email.html
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