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Comment: Re:Solution (Score 1) 948

by jevring (#38683360) Attached to: Do Companies Punish Workers Who Take Vacations?
This is a terrible idea. Only taking 2 days here and there doesn't let you disconnect sufficiently from work to enjoy it. Sure, 2 days off are a lot better than 0 days off, but it simply does not compare to taking 2 weeks off. It's not just waking up late in the morning, it's giving your brain a chance to not care about work stuff. I assure you, someone else will do the work while you are gone. You won't have to "catch up" or some stupid shit like that. It will be alright, trust me...

Comment: This just in! (Score 1) 948

by jevring (#38683352) Attached to: Do Companies Punish Workers Who Take Vacations?
People are spineless weak cowards. Take your fucking vacation time! You've earned it, it's yours, it's healthy, and it's fun! If your company is hinting even in the slightest that taking your vacation days will make you seem less like a team player, you need to drop that company like a bad habit. Alternatively, or perhaps as well, call your union to let them know that this shit is not acceptable.

Comment: Re:Keeps on coming (Score 1) 115

by jevring (#37907390) Attached to: EU Parliment To Vote On ACTA Soon; Take Action Now

when a law is struck down as unconstitutional, fine all the reps and senators that voted for it

This would only cause a parliamentary standstill, as nobody would vote for anything for fear of later reprisals. I do, however, think that immediately after a law is passed, it should instantly go to judicial review where it is open to challenges from anyone. If a single case can show that the law is unconstitutional, it must be struck down. The problem is one of meta-modelling though, according to which other laws is this law made unconstitutional? What happens if this is an amendment to the constitution?

Comment: Re:Keeps on coming (Score 1) 115

by jevring (#37907314) Attached to: EU Parliment To Vote On ACTA Soon; Take Action Now

You could however make a law stating guaranteeing the freedoms ACTA takes away.

"... the right to circumvent any physical or digital provision designed to restrict access to media or data owned by the individual."

Indeed, but what's to prevent yet another law being passed that takes those freedoms away again? Laws are never final (nor should they be). The system is both flawed and wonderful for the same reason. Thus, the only solution is to ensure that you are ruled by/vote for people with similar ethics and morals as yourself (or that you want to have governing you).

Comment: Keeps on coming (Score 2) 115

by jevring (#37904994) Attached to: EU Parliment To Vote On ACTA Soon; Take Action Now
The problem with legislation is that, even if you defeat one, it can simply be reintroduced again and again until it is passed. There is no provision for forbidding anything to ever become a law (for a reason, otherwise we'd never be able to undo bad decisions). I hate ACTA as much as the next guy, and I really don't want to see it in use, but if the politicians have decided that some form of law like this will be in place, there's no stemming the tide simply by expressing our displeasure for it. Do you honestly think that politicians listen to the people who elect them? That's not how it works. We listen to the politicians, and elect the one we believe best represents our interests. It's (almost) always a one-way street.

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