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I think I speak for America and the rest of the world when I say that the EU should stop trying to boss around foreign companies. This was ridiculous the first
by cheepin 12y ago
I think I speak for America and the rest of the world when I say that the EU should stop trying to boss around foreign companies. This was ridiculous the first time when it only applied to EU, but now it's pure insanity.
- ProAm 12y ago> I think I speak for America and the rest of the world when I say Ummm no you don't.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> I think I speak for America and the rest of the world when I say There is literally nothing that could follow this beginning and not be absurd, including (but not limited to) what actually follows it in your post.
- vixen99 12y agoWell I think there is: it's :"the EU should stop trying to boss around foreign companies". Perhaps you can explain why that is absurd because it's prefaced by an (agreed) absurdity?
- potatolicious 12y agoAll international laws, treaties, and agreements are "bossing around foreign [people|companies]" We have extradition treaties, peace treaties, copyright treaties, trade agreements, etc etc, all of which present restrictions on what private individuals and corporations can and cannot do. The notion that countries will seek to gain international adherence to its desired rules is anything but absurd. The only absurdity here is what's actually being proposed - so let's talk about that, instead of some notion that countries should not pursue international cooperation. There's also a bit of hypocrisy when claiming to "speak for America", considering this is a country that has literally gone to war in order to "boss around foreign [people|companies]" - I'm not even talking about Iraq, look up the sordid history of the United Fruit Company and its relationship to Latin American interventionism.
- j4meserljoness 12y ago>The notion that countries will seek to gain international adherence to its desired rules is anything but absurd Strongly disagree. Sovereignty exists so that my rules don't apply to you.
- tormeh 12y agoPlot twist: By day he's the US' envoy to Brussels and by night he's secretary general of the UN. He is..... Speak-on-Behalf-Man!
- dkbrk 12y agoI take it you don't appreciate the irony in light of the US trying to enforce its copyright laws internationally.
- thieving_magpie 12y agoCan't we just focus on the issue posted in this thread? Or do we need to address all inequities in the world before we're allowed to have an opinion on a global "right to be forgotten"?
- EGreg 12y agoI think I speak for America and the rest of the workd when I admit we are diverse.
- liotier 12y ago> I think I speak for America and the rest of the world when I say that the EU should stop trying to boss around foreign companies. True - it is America's job !
- freshflowers 12y agoBecause the rights of American companies to exploit EU citizens should come before the civil rights of those citizens? That's sanity to you? If that's the American way, I would like to opt out.
- happyscrappy 12y agoI think the EU would be more comfortable switching to Baidu. The censorship is built in.
- madez 12y agoThe government of the United States of (Central-North) America also forces foreign companies to give up information that is not stored in that specific country. Truth is that every country can demand whatever it wants from companies operating within it. That's part of a concept called national sovereignty. If the company doesn't like it they can stop doing business in that country. Of course countries should try to cooperate but that's simply not always possible.
- WildUtah 12y agoI think I speak for the rest of the world when I say that America should stop bossing around foreign companies and forcing them to turn over foreign personal data to American secret spy agencies.
- xacaxulu 12y agoKeyword: think