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Ok so do you think Canada will be safe from the BS stuff that happens in the US for a very long time? Maybe Canadians need to take action soon to protect our future against such idiocy?
I've pretty much lose faith in the US, and am fanatically anti-US. Of course I always think of the goverments and the corps, not the citizens... although they are always a popular joke.
It would certainly be in the best interests of Canada to act now to keep from going down the same road as the USA.
The DMCA has already done much to stifle legitimate research, to drive innovative new products from the market, has forced tech conferences off-shore. When Russia's equivalent of the State Dept. issues travel advisories warning Russian programmers to steer clear of the US (
WHUDDA Reversal of roles
that is! :eek: ), when programming becomes a crime, there's something awfully wrong here. This has given Canada a golden opportunity. Since the public education system here in this country keeps turning out one generation dumber than the last, since Silicon Valley would grind to a halt without all those Pakistanis, Indians, Koreans, Indonesians - all Canada has to do is resist this DMCA nonsense, and they'll simply leave the US farther and farther behind
. So,Canadians, here's your chance to finally get even and get out from the shadow of your neighbor to the south.
Between Dubya, Ashcroft, Hollings, the DMCA, the Patriot Act, and all the rest of it, I'll probably be joining you in the not too distant future.
Since the USA is becoming more and more like the former Soviet Union, it really makes one wonder: why did we bother to fight the Cold War? :confused:
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