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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by makomk on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:51AM (#19084481)
Yeah, and then we have to put pressure on MEPs again and again every time the bastards who can't be voted out of office try to push some new variant through, and the moment our attention slips and we let even one through they win. Permanently, since there's absolutely nothing MEPs can do to reverse this once it passes, unlike in an actual democracy.
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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by raverbashing on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:57AM (#19084514)
You mean like in the US congress? Or the UK surveillance laws? Or the Australian security law that caused controversy recently?

> Permanently, since there's absolutely nothing MEPs can do to reverse this once it passes, unlike in an actual democracy.

So how's the reversal of the net neutrality decision working out in that democracy again?

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Re:Article 13 Is Back On: Worse, Not Better by swebs on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:01AM (#19085315)
>So how's the reversal of the net neutrality decision working out in that democracy again?

What do you mean? Those laws were successfully rolled back in 2017.

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