I'm just replying so the existence of AC above me is known and their post can be seen because I feel they make a valid point.

So you're completely opposed to any sort of government or police force then? Every law that exists requires you to give up freedom for security. By your stated ideology, anarchy is the only option. There has to be a balance.

I do not and it is! The trick is to live near a No Frills grocery store and a Bulk Barn, figure out which brands AREN'T owned by them and buy exclusively from those. Not eating candy or drinking pop much and thinking bottled water is a retarded concept helps.

Also, locally raised/grown products(not farmers market local, but like, within my province) combined with cooking my own food for most meals helps. And I figured out which fast food places are Pepsi based instead of Coke if I feel like being lazy.

Yeah. Turns out I HAVE done my homework actually. Sorry if you thought you were catching some kid being all anti-corporation.

Excellent, glad to hear. Oh wait, you're being sarcastic. Nevermind. Yes, stop buying Activision video games. You don't need Assassin's Creed 7: Precambrian Age. Remember when Modern Warfare 2 came out? And there was a huge stink because they threw PC users under the bus and everyone signed petitions and bitched and moaned and said they were boycotting the game. And then the game came out and they all immediately bough it anyways?
 
  Do you also remember how they didn't fix any of the things people complained about? These things are related. Personally I did minimal whining, I didn't sign anything but what I DID do was NOT BUY THE FUCKING GAME BECAUSE THAT'S HOW A BOYCOTT WORKS! You don't need any video game, by anyone. I have personally boycotted Activision for a while now. They come out with a game I want from time to time but I spend the money on movies/music I want to support, or food, or books, or games by OTHER COMPANIES.

I don't support Coca Cola and Nestle so I don't buy there products either. Which is hard because I LIKE a lot of their products. I grew up with their products. Do you know how many companies those guys own?! It's ridiculous! But that's the thing about boycotts. They aren't fun. They aren't easy. They aren't supposed to be. They're hard and involve personal sacrifice of things you want for the hopes of making things betters.

Not buying Activision games isn't even that hard. They make overpriced games that aren't even very good. Support some independent developers instead. Or go through your catalogue of pirated games/movies/music, decide what you've genuinely gotten the most value out of and buy a legitimate copy.

I believe that's why AC said "Iceland and the PIIGS" as opposed to "Iceland and the REST OF the PIIGS". If I say "The USA and Europe" I'm not saying that the USA is part of Europe.

IANAL but I have taken 3 semesters of law courses. Intent means you knew you were doing it, you did it willfully (ie if someone puts a gun to your head and tells you to do it you're usually ok for crimes below assault) and you weren't acting recklessly or negligently to the point that a rational individual would be expected to take the time or have the common sense not to do the same thing.

The last two are where parody can get into a sticky situation. If the parody does cause harm and the prosecution can prove that whoever made it should have realized this then they're in trouble.

I was actually about to feed the troll. I was 2 sentences in before going "oh... right."

Santa Letters in Canada are distributed to volunteers (mostly post office staff and the family thereof) who read them and write responses according to specific sets of rules and guidelines. My family does it every year since my father's a post man. It's fun.

Actually that doesn't effect my analogy that much. PoachAssist - an animal location service. Note: do not use this service for poaching".

It's called "The Pirate Bay" not "The Sharing of Personal Files over a P2P System Bay"

Linking can never, on it's own, be the same as publishing. Google's legal team will strike down the law if it even looks like it's about to go through.

Why do YOU think the RIAA and MIAA are in on this? That's the EXACT type of linking they're referring to. Crookes is just a nutter who doesn't understand the internet but the *IAA are doing it for legal leverage against Torrent sites.

Well if you run a company called "PoachAssist - The Best Spot to Find Animals you Want to Poach" then I'd say you can at least be hit for aiding and abetting

Trying what too hard? do you think I'm trolling? Because I'm not. I'm making a point. My point is, why is anything I just said, by the very values your party is trying to legitimize and legalize, NOT allowed? I am being 100% serious and asking you to be the same. What makes the ability to vote in your party different from music and movies that you think that I should be allowed to take one without paying but not the other?

Seriously?! Ok. I have one last thing to try.

What about counterfeiting? Is that justified to you?

But can I insert my name into the system without paying and then vote anyways? Thus gaining the tangible benefits of a paying member without actually giving the person creating and providing the benefits the money they ask for in exchange? Because I want to vote, but I don't feel it's worth my money and think you guys probably have enough money anyways. Besides, I'll give you word of mouth publicity! So that's practically the same thing as actually providing you with the money you explicitly require in exchange for what you're offering. I mean, it's not like you actually LOSE anything by having me do that.