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[jacoby_swift]

What has fucking insensed me this morning, is an aside comment in a Guardian article about a bill to penalise American companies profiting from aiding repressive governments in censoring the internet.

Mentioning that this bill was blocked a few years ago by the Bush administration "with the former president's advisers arguing that laws governing

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[jacoby_swift]

Its the government ethical equvalent of wiping blood off an Iphone while buying it from a chav in a pub.

[nyarbaggytep]

That's a good quote.

oh....?

[brute_force]

" laws governing corporate ethics were not beneficial to American prosperity."
.... so the idea of putting in laws regulating the corporate greed that might have prevented the worldwide economic meltdown should be stopped immediately? Because I'm sure the corporate world can be trusted to sort all that out to our collective satisfaction....

Re: oh....?

[jacoby_swift]

And I think we should cancel the minimum wage, get rid of all those awkward health and safety rules, import a load of jonny foreigners in, and get our industry in a position to compete with China and India!

We could even just restrict it to within the boundaries of the Isle of White or something. I mean, you don't shit where you eat, do you?

I can't sit back on my leather sofa to enjoy the game on my 40" flat screen Ethics, can I?!

[littleonionz]

All governments are evil, some just hide it better.

[jacoby_swift]

You can't resign yourself to that kind of thing!