Interesting Links for 10-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• Why I Pirate - An Open Letter To Content Creators
  (tags: copyright piracy content media business thefuture )
• Can 'financial repression' solve the debt crisis?
  I do sometimes think that inflating our way out of debt is the only response that's going to work in the long term. It's not going to be any fun though. And much harder for countries in the Euro.
  (tags: euro debt finance )
• Why we should be hoping that Greece defaults today
  (tags: greece debt insurance money )
• Ofcom lodges porn TV complaint with Dutch regulator
  (tags: porn tv uk europe censorship children )
• Religious TV host Pat Robertson wants pot legalised
  (tags: religion usa marijuana legalisation )
• 10 Things You Should Know about Comics.
  (tags: comics funny )
• Playing chess in short skirts is now forbidden!
  (tags: chess women clothing )
• The Wolves, the Pig, and the Retarded Bunny
  (tags: society offensive language )
• The NHS Bill will remove the obligation to provide free treatment and allow charging for health services
  (tags: politics uk nhs )
• There was, apparently, an R-rated cut of Galaxy Quest
  (tags: scifi movies )

Comments

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

one of the core problems with the bill now, as you allude, is that it was so horrifically written that the sheer volume [thousands] of amendments makes the bill itself a total bloody shambles.

on that basis alone it needs to be torn down and redone.

[andrewhickey.livejournal.com]

Absolutely agree. I just think it's a mess, though, rather than a destruction of all we hold dear.

Incidentally, I reread the bill (all 400+pages of it) today because there's so much noise going on about it, and found this:

"The services provided as part of the health service in England must be free of charge except in so far as the making and recovery of charges is expressly provided for by or under any enactment, whenever passed”

So that settles it. Definitely no new charges.