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Comment Re: Stupid. (Score 2) 271

First they started with the pedos, cos' that's a no-brainer, right? Then they made "extreme" pr0n and cartoons illegal. Now it's "terrorist content" (With the government deciding what qualifies). What next? Attempting to educate yourself in an "non-sanctioned manner"?
It's kind of a shame nobody said anything about "The thin end of the wedge" years go huh...?

Comment Re:Not in the UK (Score 1) 138

"Contempt of court" - ie a jail cell till you comply with the court's orders. Even if that lasts longer than the maximum sentence for the supposed crime.
If you ran a program that encrypted a portion of your computer's hard drive without giving you the unlock code there is no way you could know the code to give to the police. But under UK law you can be held in Contempt of Court and jailed indefinitely for not handing over when asked the code you don't know. And in these days of crypto ransomware running wild that's an even more scary concept.

Comment Re:Brains Different, or Not? (Score 1) 694

Assuming men and women's brains are indeed no different then surely diversity makes total sense. Rather than recruiting the top 10 men for your job you can have the top 10 people - it only makes sense to limit the recruitment to a specific group if #10 in your chosen group is better than #1 in the excluded group.

Comment Re:YES!! (Score 1) 252

Every single one of those things you mentioned has a purpose of keeping the user of the car safe. Tell me how mandating that you give your local police station a spare set of keys so they can go through your glove box any time they like is going to keep you safe?

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