RE: EU Promotes Continent-Wide Censorship

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Fri, 19 May 2006 Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:

> Sure sounds like that means there is a "United States of Europe" as an
> end goal...  And they are well on they're way to that goal.  I'm NOT
> saying that is a bad thing.... But it will take away the individuality
> of each country involved...

Right. And New Yorkers are the same as Texans, Californians just like Utah 
folks.

 
> Michael P. Blanchard 
> Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
> Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
> EMC ² Corporation 
> 4400 Computer Dr. 
> Westboro, MA 01580 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drsolly [mailto:drsollyp () drsolly com] 
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:31 AM
> To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
> Cc: fergdawg () netzero net; funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: RE: [funsec] EU Promotes Continent-Wide Censorship
>
> On Fri, 19 May 2006 Blanchard_Michael () emc com wrote:
>
> >  All thos edifferent laws in each country in the EU is exactly why a
> > "union" of different countries is not a feasable idea, unless your end
> > goal is a "United States of Europe" that is goverened by a central
> > government under one centralized set of laws that act as a baseline that
> > each State in the Union can build their own laws from.
> >    
> >    If companies want to do business in every country in the EU, they
> > will have to deal with the different laws, tough crap.  I'm not buying
> > their sob stories about how hard it is to comply with all the different
> > laws....  Again, tough crap, thye just have to deal with it.
>
> No, we don't have to deal with it. We can have (for example), a common 
> currency. Maybe you think that's not possible - I think we've demonstrated 
> that it is.
>
> If we can have a common currency, we can also have a common standard of 
> qualifications for doctor, dentist etc. We can have a common standard of 
> food labelling. And so on, and so on. There's a lot of things that can be 
> done, which are not too difficult, and which make intra-EU business 
> easier. And that means a better standard of living for EU-folks.

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