An activism update from Europe

Posted Jun 8, 2004 20:25 UTC (Tue) by ymmv (subscriber, #4375)
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The Irish Presidency will expire at the end of June, not next year. Next will be the Netherlands.

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An activism update from Europe

Posted Jun 8, 2004 21:15 UTC (Tue) by halla (subscriber, #14185) [Link] (2 responses)

And that won't be much better... I was present at the demonstration in the Hague, and we were, very politely, told not to worry our little minds and go home in the comfortable assurance that our minister would take care of us, for us, by doing what was in our best interest, even if we didn't recognize it.

But then, even my own employer cannot wrap his mind around the reasons why software patents directly threaten him and his business.

An activism update from Europe

Posted Jun 9, 2004 7:17 UTC (Wed) by bbencic (guest, #9213) [Link] (1 responses)

A little bit off-topic but what you say here remind me a website I just
visited a few days ago ... (sorry, only for dutch speaking people)

http://www.verstandopnul.nl/index2.html

In short, it is a website that ironically says :
"You do not need your right to vote. Just abandon it and go get some fun. Don't worry about the political problems (etc), somebody will take care of it for you ..."

An activism update from Europe

Posted Jun 10, 2004 8:24 UTC (Thu) by scglwn (guest, #1245) [Link]

It should be noted that verstandopnul.nl is quite absurd. It is so absurd that it really sends the opposite message and forces the visitors to conclude that there are really good reasons to vote. And that is also the real purpose of the makers of that website (see the colofon).