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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by bumblebird on Friday November 20, 2009 @08:07PM (#953899)
It's a really slippery slope. And to be honest, yeah - having a net connection is a pretty big luxury I don't think criminals serving at her Majesties' pleasure should actually be entitled to. Obviously if they're to be rehabilitated, then it would make sense to allow them that, but whilst they're serving time, isn't the whole point to take away the home comforts?

There was also some call (Probably from EU) to give criminals in jail the right to a vote. Which I also strongly disagree with.

They're in there to separate them from society. And that includes 'online' society IMHO - hence they should not have net connections.

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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by foldr on Friday November 20, 2009 @08:20PM (#953916)
>They're in there to separate them from society. And that includes 'online' society IMHO - hence they should not have net connections.

And presumably they shouldn't be allowed to send letters or have visitors either right? There's a "slippery slope" in both directions.

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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by bumblebird on Saturday November 21, 2009 @03:28AM (#954357)
It's only feasible to send letters to individuals. Not society. Same with visitors. The two don't really compare.
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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by foldr on Saturday November 21, 2009 @09:09PM (#955281)
What?
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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by noste on Friday November 20, 2009 @08:59PM (#953982)
>There was also some call (Probably from EU) to give criminals in jail the right to a vote. Which I also strongly disagree with.

Going by the stats at http://felonvoting.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=28... felony disenfranchisement is not that popular in western democracies.

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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by bumblebird on Saturday November 21, 2009 @06:23AM (#954441)
I guess thats relevant if you believe things like this should be decided by the majority.
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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by pbhjpbhj on Saturday November 21, 2009 @08:49AM (#954532)
What sort of non-democratic regime were you thinking of that would give criminals a vote but would not follow the populous' voting decisions?
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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by bumblebird on Saturday November 21, 2009 @12:30PM (#954703)
My point was that democracy is a horrible system, it doesn't work well, and you end up with idiotic laws decided just based on what the mob majority want. However, it's pretty much the best we've got so far, but that's not saying much.

Democracy is fine if the majority are sane, have good morals, etc etc. But the majority of people in the US believe in god :/ The majority watch "American idol" and think the height of cuisine is macdonalds. Doesn't bode well.

Just my 2c anyway...

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Re:Britain's new Internet Law: Death of the Startup in Britain? by pbhjpbhj on Thursday November 26, 2009 @10:10PM (#963375)
Don't criminals tend to fit the same profile though?

Benevolent dictatorship ftw.

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