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Comment Re:Government Intervention (Score 1) 495

it's not government mandated, it's a *natural* monopoly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N... [wikipedia.org]

things like fire, police, healthcare, powerplants: there is no market for such things. for a number of reasons. with broadband it's because of high barrier to entry: no one has the billions to gamble on entering the market with uncertain payout

So, please explain why in socialist France broadband is not a monopoly?

(In fact its a government enforced free market).

Comment Re:For all of you USA haters out there: (Score 1, Informative) 378

Seeing as the Sixth Amendment only applies to American citizens, why would you assume it applies to foreigners?

Strange, nowhere in:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Do I see a mention of citizenship.

Comment Re:Pope Francis - fuck your mother (Score 1) 894

Yes.

All freedom is constrained, that's obvious to all but small children.

But it is constrained by the law, and only in so far as the law is protecting the freedom of other people.

It's all in the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen of 1789.

Art. 11. La libre communication des pensées et des opinions est un des droits les plus précieux de l'Homme : tout Citoyen peut donc parler, écrire, imprimer librement, sauf à répondre de l'abus de cette liberté dans les cas déterminés par la Loi.

Comment Re:Pope Francis - fuck your mother (Score 1) 894

No he's saying don't be a dick.

No he's not.

He said "don't be a dick or you might get punched in the face", which is devoid of moral content.

He's confirming Kurt Vonneguts criticism of christianity -- what's wrong with the story of the death of Jesus is that it tells you not to nail the son of God to a cross instead of teaching you that it's a bad idea to nail people to pieces of wood.

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