Yes and the mandate is simply a tax on people who don't have health insurance.

Norway is a part of EFTA and is required to adopt EU trade regulations.

So the Canadians you meet thought that all Americans fit the "dumb American" stereotype? So you went there and meet a bunch of assholes?

Majority of trials not people.

I see the same 'misunderstanding' all the time here on slashdot about the right to free speech and the right to download the latest HBO shows online for free.

You mean like how wine is kept in barrels to age well and then put in new bottles before being shipped out?

It's by far the largest software market in the world and extremely influential, if you don't have a solid foothold in the US you are likely to get screwed down the line by a competitor that does. This is not likely to change anytime soon.

And only time I see any widespread activism on the internet is when people are fighting to keep the circuses free of charge, not for any real political reform.

Except in reality the answer is no we spend 20$ on a hammer and 19,980.00 $ on war profiteers.

Money used to pay for debt isn't destroyed in the process.

Every government limits freedom, its inherent to its role.

Yeah they used to publish a lot of bullshit, shame the guardian is following suit.

Funniest part is that the Chinese government is so fascist that they don't recognize that claiming American involvement in the overthrow of dictators is actually pro-American.

How can us Scandinavians be smug about American prudishness now?!

Their goals are completely selfish and if you care about free speech you should fight people who try to convolute anti free speech and copyright to further their agent. This is just another version of "OMG PEDOPHILES/TERRORIST, AGREE WITH US OR YOU ARE ONE OF THEM!" except in this case you must agree that torrenting American TV show and movies should be legal or you are an anti free speech fascist.