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Tom Potts wrote: > On Wednesday 12 March 2008 00:39, Andy Smith wrote: >> Hi Simon, >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:21:17AM +0000, Simon Waters wrote: >>> As for whether it is the prime ministers issue - if it is illegal and >>> the Information Commissioner hasn't acted, then it may well be that >>> government needs to act. >> But no one has shown it to be illegal yet so what is the point of a >> petition that says "if this is illegal, shut it down"? I completely >> agree, if it's illegal then don't let them do it, but why do we need >> to petition the PM to get an existing law enforced? Imagine if a >> petition were created for every single thing that *might* end up >> being illegal. It's just people reacting in a knee-jerk fashion to >> something they don't like the sound of. >> >> I believe like most petitions on that site it is badly written and >> ill-conceived. > I sorry but that relies on the specious idea that someone will actually do > something about it if its not highlighted. They wont! You must also remember > the big business bias - a blind eye will be turned to any wrongdoings by big > business for as long as politically possible, you break the law and its off > to GBay. > If this breaks the law then you will see efforts to have the law changed. > Little men are not allowed to keep their money! > You gamble and loose? Tough! Massive world recession coming but banks safe? > Tough! Massive recession coming, banks fault through gambling. Govt panic and > $200G dollars of public money thrown down the drain. > Sorry Andy your just not cynical enough! > Tom te tom te tom > > OK this phrame thing doesn't sound wonderful and I'd probably opt out (though the opt in option is probably better) but it really isn't the end of democracy as we know it and the advent of the jack boot coming down on humanities head for eternity etc....... As I understand it the data is anonymous, but I wouldn't care if I received targeted ads on the basis of my surfing. Anyone who wants it can have my surf profile, lucky them! I wouldn't see most of the ads as I have ad block installed anyhow, but rather an ad for new gizmo's than Jeffrey Archer Bound Sets. If it results in spam that's a whole different game of balls. However that is actually illegal. And the banks aren't safe and people who loose money gambling are just paying stupidity tax. (So are the banks, but the reason governments tend to prop them up is because lots of "little men" (no women?) will loose their livings if banks go bust or can't trust each other to make loans). So rather than crying wolf wait until something worthy of this level of hysteria is proposed. Rant over! Simon -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html