Friday, March 26th, 2010
The Digital Economy Bill had so much potential to do good, such as improving the digital economy in Britain, but instead it has drawn much criticism (most of which has been blatantly and insultingly ignored).
The primary function of the bill is to restrict and hand over shockingly large amounts of power into the hands of the ISP’s and the government. You are guilty until proven otherwise and if you aresuspected of file-sharing enough times, you can be disconnected from the internet.
This is good for the music and film industry, who’s balls are being massaged by the government. However, it is very bad for the citizens of Britain, for anyone who cares about the internet or even freedom of information.
I thought the concept of a democracy was to ensure that citizens were innocent and maintained their rights until it was proven (in a court of law, for example) that they are guilty. I thought a democracy was supposed to protect and follow the masses. I’m either very wrong on what I think a democracy is, or Britain is moving away from it.
I’m not saying we have a Totalitarian State just yet, but we are certainly being nannied. The Digital Economy Bill has been rushed through the government without much consideration, probably while Mandelson has the dick of the music industry swirling around in his mouth. They want it into affect fast, especially since Labour may not be around after the elections (on an unrelated note, I wonder why that is).
Despite the criticisms, the protests and the laws which should prohibit this barbaric face fuck to the citizens from the government, the bill seems to be becoming law regardless. We are just citizens, a number in the system, the sheep who must be regulated and kept in line. We must bend over and take what the government gives us and it is for our own good.
When even MP’s have been seen protesting over this injustice, you have to ask yourself, when are we going to make the leap from Nanny State to Police State?
Every now and again, FN Hate steps out of the satirical wit bin and deals with important issues (even if to little affect). This post is one of them situations.
Originally posted on my blog.
Tags: Freedom, Gordon Brown, internet, Labour, News & Politics, Peter Mandelson
Posted in Life, Culture & Activism, News & Politics |
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
So it seems like every writer here has had a pop at the old Book of Face, and for good reason, since it has a lot of annoying shit there. Most of my grievances with Facebook come from having dribbling idiots on my friends list (if you’re reading this on Facebook, it’s not you I’m referring to. Unless it is, in which case you are a clown shoe) and the problems caused by this such as clogged up news feed, dull statuses, drama queens and all that jazz.
But the latest thing to get my goat about Facebook is them fucking pointless groups/pages where you have to become a fan before you can see the picture. Usually it’s stuff like “I LOLed at this cat” or “I ROFLed at this down’s syndrome kid”, but they don’t let you see a picture of the down’s syndrome kid with an ice cream cone stuck to his forehead, you have to become a fan to see the frigger. Fuck that. This is the internet, if I want to see a picture of a cat in a “hilarious” picture, I don’t have to look very hard. I ain’t joining your shitty page just to see the latest one. Also, I fucking hate those “I LOLed at….” groups in general. Did you LOL? Really? Or are you just adding this page to your enormous agglomeration of pointless shit you’ve become a fan of because you’re an annoying twat who spends all day “liking” pictures of car park signs with dirty connotations rather than doing anything useful with your life. If you’re that easily amused that a sign saying “use rear entrance” has you “ROFLing”, then in a way I am jealous of you for laughing so often if that is all it takes to get you chuckling. But in another, more accurate way, I think you are a knob.
It's funny cos anal.
So now expect to see more and more of these hilarious images being worshipped. Except now you have to jump through hoops to see them. Next time you’re thinking “should I become a fan of this page?”, before you reach a conclusion, try and picture me stabbing a kitten in the mouth with a Black & Decker electric drill. Because if that’s what it takes to stop you doyles from filling my news feed with shit, then that is what I shall do. Come here Tiddles…
Tags: facebook, internet, meme
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