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UK cinema calls thugs to arrests kids

mardi 30 décembre 2014 à 13:00

A cinema in the UK called the thugs to arrest some 12-year-olds for bringing iThings with them to the movie.

The fact that they did not in fact record the movie is a side issue. What if they had done so? Since that is not a crime in the UK, the only complaint the cinema could make is that they violated its rules. That should not qualify as an "emergency" — the thugs should have refused to come.

This is in addition to the general point that laws against sharing copies of published works are an injustice.

Jeffrey Deskovic

mardi 30 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Jeffrey Deskovic was falsely convicted of murder, and freed after 16 years. Now he dedicates his life to freeing others wrongly imprisoned by a system that makes slapdash mistakes.

Privatized UK parole officers

mardi 30 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Privatized UK parole officers put people back in prison for taking jobs that start too early in the morning.

SWAT team raid

mardi 30 décembre 2014 à 13:00

A SWAT team raided Chad Chadwick's house based on a false report, shot him, beat him up, and tased him, then fabricated a series of charges against him.

They did not convict him of anything, but they ruined his life as well as rendering him deaf in one ear.

These thugs must be punished or they will ruin someone else's life next.

Autonomous AIs

mardi 30 décembre 2014 à 13:00

Treaties are needed to restrict development of autonomous AIs with deadly weapons.