If he had to pay legal costs for his nonsense he'd have shut up long ago....(sort your legal system out)

(simples...)

I'm in the UK and used to use Zen as my ISP. I found their tech support very helpful in spotting dodgy activity emanating from my home network and advising me on ways to investigate and correct my problems. They did warn that I should take immediate action or they would have to consider suspending my connection. I found this a sensible, helpful and mature approach to the situation.

If done properly involvement of the ISP in identifying and helping resolve infected PCs should be welcomed I would have thought...

I'm sure the US will allow the EU access to financial transactions within the US as well. Wont they ?

Of course they will, it'll be as fair and even handed as the extradition treaties.

When it comes to channels of communication, like Twitter, we get worried when a company takes it over because we worry that censorship or other pernicious activities may commence.

The fact remains that if/when this happens another channel of communication opens up. So why bother about the commercial greed of the less than ideological founders of the latest trendy comms vehicle ?

I would basically agree with this sentiment. I was a highly skilled contract worker for 15 years. However in some markets the 'high skill' being paid for by the employer is something that isn't 'development' as the poster's skills obviously are. Someone who can swan about doing basically what they like providing they supply a usable product in a certain timeframe. It might be technical support or problem solving which the employer might genuinely need at odd times, therefore introducing the idea of 'overtime'.