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US wants Boeing to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes, lawyers say
  • Except then the ordinary workers who did nothing wrong are made to suffer. Either they don't get paid or they lose their jobs. IMHO you make the CEO personally liable. They have the power to change the company attitude and policy. They need to have their personal fortune hit as well as jail time.

  • Wales could become world’s first country to criminalise politicians who lie
  • The problem with this type of thing is intent.

    How do we prove intent to deceive?

    Lying is not simply stating incorrect information. It is intending to deceive by knowingly stating incorrect information. It is not easy to prove what someone knew.

    What if they were misinformed by a third party that may or may not have an agenda? Under these circumstances the politician is not lying and believes they are telling the truth even though the information they uttered is wrong. Do you go after the third party? Does this then give the politician a mechanism to evade charges using fall guys?

    I absolutely believe that people like Bojo should be held to account. In his case there was plenty of evidence. It should also be acceptable for the opposition to state that they were lying in the commons without facing repercussions.

  • ProPublica Reporter Defends Work After Samuel Alito Accuses Outlet of Politically Motivated Coverage
  • So basically upset that the press do their job??

    IMO the main reason for the press to exist is to hold people in power accountable for their actions. It doesn't matter the lengths they go to to get the information or their motivation. There will always be press looking into politics on both sides of the spectrum and we as the public should be glad for it.

    You should not excuse bad behaviour just because they are on your team. You should encourage the press to do their job as long as they don't go too far into harassment, distortion of the truth or digging up irrelevant personal details about someone that affect noone outside that someone.

    I really like the line "democracy does in darkness" because it is so true. Political figures who dislike the press generally have something to hide.

  • ‘I’m voting in the UK general election after decades abroad’ - BBC News
  • "I still feel British so I should get to decide how people in Britain live. I mean does it really matter if the NHS gets privatized as long as my pension gets bigger so I can afford my lavish lifestyle. I care so much about my country just not quite enough to live there."

  • Child steals the show on House floor making faces as Rep rails against Trump case
  • If counter with: "We'd be well served to remember the long and cherished tradition of settling criminal matters in the courts."

    Basically they want the right to commit crimes without consequences beyond the possibility of simply not being re-elected.... But only for Republican politicians. Democrats should be treated differently.

  • Sovcit got a ticket.
  • Dear sovcit, we, the government, do not consent to being "served" and invite you to prove that we are an artificial government in 15 days under U.S. 199. Article 4 section N part 9 paragraph 2333. Are we free to go?

  • Does Microsoft have the power to pull the plug on Linux gaming?
  • Even then you can still have someone read the source and write a spec for a second programmer to write a library. The programmer never saw the source code but it was still useful. Still legal to do this. If someone dumped original source into the projector could be similarly checked for duplication without breaking the law.

  • Anon watches LOTR
  • To me, modern says more about the techniques and methods used. In that respect, not much has changed even though 25 years has passed. Even stylistically it is more similar to a current film than one filmed 25 years before its release, i.e. mid 1970s. As someone else said, contemporary is a better word for describing its age than modern.

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