Not really. That is "medical necessity". As my consent cannot be asked in such a case, an emergency decision is made. That is not my consent, not even implied, but I am probably very glad afterwards.

I would call it a Corporatocracy. Also, the fact that you cannot directly vote seriously hinders any chance of democracy. The indirect voting system makes sure that only one or two parties will have any chance at all. And those will not be the parties that dare to change.

Well, the USA have already declared war on the Netherlands for housing the International Court of Justice. Nothing new, move along...

"Implied Consent" is the most stupid term I ever read.

So if you are referred to as "John Doe" (if your IP address was snooped somewhere, for instance), you cannot reply as John Doe?

Inventor of the Autogiro.

Colour me surprised if cancer cells use Google to fight back.

"oxymoron". Is that a rusty moron?

Indeed. Cory Doctorow should file a patent on this. "Little Bother" seems to come true.

So if you are a lawyer, you could work for either side and always win? If you don't win the case, you can take a percentage of the damages? Off course your contract would state that you would never participate in the losses of the case. In countries where "no cure, no pay" is allowed for lawyers (which is totally insane), this only makes matters worse.