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[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Lfg. Nice to know there are people still upholding freedom of speech.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

Let's fucking go look for that group?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lizards fornicating gently

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

This one makes more sense, thanks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

“let’s fucking go” an expression of victory

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lfg

Lemmings fornicate gratuitously?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

That's why we're here, is it not?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Without the EU, we would be in hell so much faster.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Little of column a, little of column b. In this case they were the ones suggesting it to begin with, so they saved us from themselves?…

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"They"....

The EU is a collection of people of various political leanings, parties and affiliations. You cannot, in this context, throw them together under one word.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's both the strength and weakness of the EU. Yeah, we bicker a lot and we have different conflicting ideas and values, but that also means we're not easily susceptible to lobbying. An EU member could be lobbied to but other members will not be easy. American companies have used UK before to influence the EU but they're caught out. But the downside is that Putin has Orban and Hungary in his pockets and undermines the decision making of the union.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But in this case it was the EU themselves that wanted the backdoors so badly that they ran lobbying ads on xitter "omg can you think of the children"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

You can't really say that.

In principle, a group of very few individuals can make a proposal in the EU, because it's democratic. It was down voted. By the EU.

It's nothing different than a bill introduced in every other country, that the majority think is bonkers.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Although in this case, it was the EU who wanted to put a backdoor in every encrypted messenger... Thank god it looks like as if it won't happen!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

A few people in the EU. Nothing close to majority.

Every democratic entity has insane proposals being down voted.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh well thank fuck there's at least some people with at least half a brain left. Now who drafted the legislation in the first place? Cause you guys need to sack them...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Iirc the European commission. There are two of these bodies and the parliament is the saner one.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Oh god! I am so happy!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Most child trafficking would continue anyways. The biggest traffickers are linked to elite and don't take any chances like selling a child using personal whatsapp.

If you want to end child trafficking, go where the illegal immigration happens and put ground detectives. But no gvt is gonna spend enough resources like in hollywood movies happen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

A win for democracy