Comments on: Fascists of America, Unite!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 05:38:47 +0000

I’m sorry if you read that as me implying the RIAA, CRIA, etc are fascists.

Having read the common traits of fascist states I was simply inviting you to compare those organizations with fascist regimes and see if there are any similarities (are there?).

I’m sorry if it wasn’t blatantly obvious to you that there are MORE similarities between the fascist regimes listed and the current Bush administration than there are between the trade orgainzations listed.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 05:25:58 +0000

The Feds prevent the citizen from seeking redress and Vista opens a pipeline to your computer a (Not Spying Again) truck could be dirven through and you poor Vistaphile water carriers have no way of knowing the when and how of it. In fact you think its just too kewl, after all you have nothing to worry about since you haven’t been labeled a terrorist, at least not yet. Ben Franklin said it best, He who gives up liberty for security, deserves niether (quote approximate).

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 05:25:49 +0000

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 03:14:32 +0000

Right…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 02:52:36 +0000

Congratulations, you just characterized every government ever inasmuch as these things are definitional to government per se.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:12:02 +0000

Prediction. There will be another cataclysmic terrorist attack on U.S. soil and Bush will declare marshall law. Under marshall law there will be no presidential election and the U.S. will become a police state. Far fetched you say? Do your research.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 15 May 2006 23:55:11 +0000

your point is irrelevant, as the RIAA is not controlled by the government, nor is it a government entity in itself. it is a self governed trade group, and oddly enough, in the case of the MPAA, an arm of the labor union for actors (SAG) (which breaks another of the facist rules)

the fact that anyone can make a press release about absolutely anything, call it “news” and have it picked up by a dozen news outlets is a testament to this fact. there is no censorship. if anything, there are infinitely more conflicting opinions on any subject available on any subject 24/7 than there were just a few years ago

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 15 May 2006 23:46:05 +0000

Perhaps the quoted phrase is a bit of a stretch. However, these “associations” are the copyright “enforcement” arms of large, heavily consolidated media corporations. While they may not fit the 14 points exactly on their own, IMHO their actions, particularly those of the RIAA have that unmistakable stench of Facisim.

“6. Controlled Mass Media – Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 15 May 2006 21:50:43 +0000

that, and the phrase you quoted is completely inapplicable to the MPAA, RIAA, CRIA

so alex, did you even read the 14 points before calling the RIAA facists? how are they sexist? nationalistic? what religion do they subscribe to? who are they torturing/killing/imprisoning? where are their armed forces?

had you used the bush administration as your example, your article might have a point, but you shoehorned in the RIAA, and you just look foolish

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 15 May 2006 21:15:37 +0000

‘Replace “fascist regimes” with RIAA, MPAA, CRIA, RIAA, etc, and see how it reads).”

hmmm….why did p2pnet get sued?????????