Re:Australian parliament passes encryption laws unamended
by ern on Friday December 07, 2018 @03:04PM
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>Who do these fools think they were representing
Voters? I don’t mean to be snarky, but while Tweets, submissions and letters may inform the content of bills in democracies, but the counts of these are not numerically representative of much, apart from the feelings of people who feel strongly about an issue.
Re:Australian parliament passes encryption laws unamended
by magduf on Monday December 10, 2018 @10:23AM
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As Churchill said, the strongest argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. The voters are getting what they voted for.
Voters? I don’t mean to be snarky, but while Tweets, submissions and letters may inform the content of bills in democracies, but the counts of these are not numerically representative of much, apart from the feelings of people who feel strongly about an issue.
That said, these laws sound exceedingly stupid.