On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 21:46, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 15:44, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Sunday 31 August 2003 04:11 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > > What exactly is going on with the European Union? Are they > > > going to shut mplayer down or what? Who's trying to stop > > > them, if anybody? > > > > > > Damn, I cannot lose mplayer. > > > > > > > > > LX > > > > </snip> > > > > Lyvim, tomorrow the European Parliament is about to vote on the > > issue of software patents. If this proposition goes through, and > > it is accepted by the Commission (which has the real power), the > > situation here in Europe will be pretty much the same as in the > > U.S. : everybody - well, mainly big corporations - can patent > > everything, thus reducing the market for small and midsize > > companies. A paradise for lawyers. As I said recently : We > > Europeans will stop working and make our living from litigation. > > > > Many people tries to stop them : petitions, demonstrations, > > protests from scientists are all over the place, but without > > much hope. Money rules. > > > > We live in dark times, Lyvim. > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > What about representative government? Haven't they heard about people > that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a ruckus as of right > now, outside their doors? There's got to be something that can be done, > surely. (?) > > > LX
Hadn't you noticed, Kaj, that there's no such thing as 'representative government' any longer. The WTO makes all the rules now. Refer you to one of the Douglas Adams hitch-hiker books, where the job of president of the universe is the is to take peoples' attention away from those in charge. Paul M
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