What REALLY different about them is that your tax returns are a matter of public record; if I want to know what my neighbour's income is, then if I lived in Finland I could find out on line... And it's income that's used to generate the level of the fine.

Whilst for us geeks it's 'obvious' that a healthy dose of scepticism and a demand for evidence is de rigeur, if you were never taught to think like that, then it's not entirely your fault that you fall for the latest internet fad. Blaming the victim of a well constructed scam for being deceived is usually unfair. And we do have to remember that 'science' has made some howling mistakes in the past, only to recant later.

As someone who is resistant to 'alternative medicine', I assume that people will do the mainstream route first, and so receive mainstream care. Only if that has failed would I expect them to go off to more 'interesting' possibilities. But you're right, people don't follow that route, and it could be a serious problem. Thanks for making me think!

If homeopathy achieves cures as a result of the placebo effect, it's not 'useless'. There is a complex moral argument as to whether we should allow this route to flourish, but that's not the same.

True, but this suit offers a libertarian alternative to government regulation, and hopefully will achieve the same outcome.

They are both!

Interesting to hear an alternative experience. I guess I'm just paranoid - and the roads I use are BUSY.

Such ancient songs were a part of my life growing up...

When I get my moped back on the road https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Enjoy...

If you are going to avoid being murdered by an idiot car driver, you need to keep your wits about you, and you can't safely listen to an audiobook - or even music; you need to be alert to audible clues that you may be getting into a dangerous position.

[Rode to work for 15 years...]

In your dreams. They've got plausible deniability. It would be good to come back in five years and watch the career paths of those involved, especially this 'programmer'.

And so covered by state immunity. Actually IF we could be confident that the stolen stuff was only going to be used externally, it's probably totally legitimate. The problem is that they demonstrated that they can't be trusted.