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The people living in the EU should be called “subjects”

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    #11
    Originally posted by zeitghost


    Why am I not surprised?



    The Pron Industry: always up front with technology.

    Shouldn't that be, always up in front.

    Oh, never mind!
    'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
    Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.

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      #12
      Originally posted by zeitghost
      The Pron Industry: always up front with technology.
      Absolutely.

      DARPA may have had the idea, and CERN made it accessible, but it is the Pron Industry that made the Internet and the Web financially viable by providing the lure, the content, the on-line purchasing systems, the need for search tools, email mass-marketing, pop-ups, the need for anonymous email accounts, live streaming, nanny-filters, huge image storage and, and, and...
      My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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        #13
        Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
        Subjects > serfs > slaves
        'Slaves' implies some sort of work going on.

        I was thinking more along the lines of 'non-people'.

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          #14
          Nearly ten years ago, one of my [then] clients was approached to manage the investment fund of a US Christian group. They wanted 'ethical' investments and they specifically said no to the likes of Cisco, Sun, etc because they said that they make equipment that was used to distribute <ahem> material.

          They never did take on the fund.
          How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.

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